The Kepler-92 system contains 3 exoplanets. It is located 1559.00 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.21 solar masses |
Radius | 1.7 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5883 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.138 decimal exponent |
Age | 5.2 billion years |
At more than 50 Earth masses, Kepler-92 b is a gas giant, a planet whose mass is mostly made up of hydrogen and helium, like Jupiter and Saturn.
Mass | 64.300 Earth masses |
Density | 8.170 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 3.510 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1174 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.17 |
Orbital Period | 13.749 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-92 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 | 6.100 Earth masses |
Density | 1.910 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.600 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1829 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.04 |
Orbital Period | 26.723 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Xie 2014 |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.07, and a semi-major axis of 0.2754 astronomical units, Kepler-92 d could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.930 Earth masses |
Density | 3.070 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.067 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.2754 AU |
Eccentricity | 0.07 |
Orbital Period | 49.357 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-08 |
Reference | Van Eylen & Albrecht 2015 |