The Kepler-79 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 3329.14 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 1.17 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.3 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 6174 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.073 decimal exponent |
| Age | 3.44 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-79 b is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 10.900 Earth masses |
| Density | 1.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 3.470 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.117 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.015 |
| Orbital Period | 13.485 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2013-10 |
| Reference | Xie 2013 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-79 c is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 5.900 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.620 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 3.720 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.187 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.03 |
| Orbital Period | 27.403 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2013-10 |
| Reference | Xie 2013 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-79 d is an ice giant, a planet that is made up mostly of volatiles like water, amonia and methane, and enveloped by a dense hydrogen and helium atmosphere, much like Uranus and Neptune.
| Mass | 6.000 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.090 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 7.160 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.287 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.025 |
| Orbital Period | 52.090 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
| Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 0.53, and a semi-major axis of 0.386 astronomical units, Kepler-79 e could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
| Mass | 4.100 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.530 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 3.490 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.386 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.012 |
| Orbital Period | 81.066 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2014-03 |
| Reference | Rowe et al. 2014 |