The Kepler-856 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 4406.92 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.96 solar masses |
Radius | 0.93 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5535 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.12 decimal exponent |
Age | 4.27 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-856 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 63.300 Earth masses |
Density | 0.432 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 9.300 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0787 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 8.028 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 |