The Kepler-972 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3907.45 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.15 solar masses |
Radius | 1.22 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6146 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.04 decimal exponent |
Age | 2.82 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, Kepler-972 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 | 19.500 Earth masses |
Density | 1.070 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 4.650 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0734 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 7.039 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 |