The Kepler-8 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3332.89 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.49 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6213 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.055 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.47 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-8 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 187.520 Earth masses |
Density | 0.270 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 15.872 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0474 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.522 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2010-12 |
Reference | Jenkins et al. 2010 |