The Kepler-82 system contains 5 exoplanets. It is located 2949.51 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.91 solar masses |
Radius | 0.9 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5529 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.211 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.68 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-82 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 | 12.150 Earth masses |
Density | 0.980 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.070 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1683 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0033 |
Orbital Period | 26.440 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-82 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 | 13.900 Earth masses |
Density | 0.494 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.340 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2626 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.007 |
Orbital Period | 51.540 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 3.784 Earth masses, Kepler-82 d is a so called Super Earth. Super Earths could be terrestrial worlds like Earth, but they could also be ocean worlds or terrestrial worlds wrapped in a substantial atmosphere, in which case some refer to them as Mini Neptunes.
Mass | 3.780 Earth masses |
Density | 3.750 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.770 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.034 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.383 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 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-82 e 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 | 6.660 Earth masses |
Density | 2.430 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.470 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.063 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 5.902 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 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-82 f 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 | 20.900 Earth masses |
Density | 1.010 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.840 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.3395 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.0014 |
Orbital Period | 75.732 days |
Discovery Method | Transit Timing Variations |
Discovery Facility | KOINet |
Discovery Telescope | Multiple Telescopes |
Discovery Instrument | Multiple Instruments |
Discovery Date | 2019-08 |
Reference | Freudenthal et al. 2019 |