The Kepler-96 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 400.78 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1 solar masses |
Radius | 1.02 solar radiae |
Temperature | 5690 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.34 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-96 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 | 8.460 Earth masses |
Density | 2.260 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 2.670 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.1235 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 16.238 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2014-02 |
Reference | Marcy et al. 2014 |