The Kepler-997 system contains 1 exoplanet. It is located 1525.00 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.22 solar masses |
Radius | 1.56 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6150 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | 0.05 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.63 billion years |
At 2.420 Earth masses, Kepler-997 b 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 | 2.420 Earth masses |
Density | 5.290 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 1.360 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.0397 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 2.707 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 |