The Kepler-996 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 3967.95 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.09 solar masses |
Radius | 1.14 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6014 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.03 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.63 billion years |
With a mass below 5 Earth masses, a density of 3.24, and a semi-major axis of 0.0474 astronomical units, Kepler-996 b could, potentially, be an ocean world - a planet with no dry land.
Mass | 4.580 Earth masses |
Density | 3.240 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.980 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0474 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 3.771 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 |