The Kepler-851 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 2737.28 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.89 solar masses |
Radius | 0.85 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5455 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.07 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.47 billion years |
At 3.466 Earth masses, Kepler-851 b 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 | 3.460 Earth masses |
Density | 4.010 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.680 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0802 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.507 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2016-05 |
Reference | Morton et al. 2016 |