The Kepler-85 system contains 4 exoplanets. It is located 2495.17 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.92 solar masses |
Radius | 1.24 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5499 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.37 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.26, and a semi-major axis of 0.0766 astronomical units, Kepler-85 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.540 Earth masses |
Density | 3.260 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.970 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0766 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.306 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-85 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 | 20.900 Earth masses |
Density | 11.100 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.180 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1007 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 12.513 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 1.870 Earth masses, Kepler-85 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 | 1.870 Earth masses |
Density | 5.950 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.200 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.13 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 17.913 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 1.6, and a semi-major axis of 0.163 astronomical units, Kepler-85 e could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 0.600 Earth masses |
Density | 1.600 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.270 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.163 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 25.217 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 |