The Kepler-953 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 844.40 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 0.95 solar masses |
Radius | 0.99 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5416 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.26 decimal exponent |
Age | 8.71 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-953 b 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 | 16.500 Earth masses |
Density | 1.220 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.210 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.392 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 88.407 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 |
At 1.813 Earth masses, Kepler-953 c 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 | 1.810 Earth masses |
Density | 5.900 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.190 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0862 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 9.110 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 |