The Kepler-87 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4021.18 light years away from the solar system.
| Mass | 1.1 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.82 solar radiae |
| Temperature | 5600 kelvin |
| Stellar Metallicity | -0.17 decimal exponent |
| Age | 7.5 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-87 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
| Mass | 324.200 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.729 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 13.490 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.481 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.036 |
| Orbital Period | 114.736 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2014-01 |
| Reference | Ofir et al. 2014 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-87 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 | 6.400 Earth masses |
| Density | 0.152 grams per cubic centimeter |
| Radius | 6.140 Earth radiae |
| Semi-major Axis | 0.676 AU |
| Eccentricity | 0.039 |
| Orbital Period | 191.232 days |
| Discovery Method | Transit |
| Discovery Facility | Kepler |
| Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
| Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
| Discovery Date | 2014-01 |
| Reference | Ofir et al. 2014 |