The KIC 5437945 system contains 2 exoplanets. It is located 4155.26 light years away from the solar system.
Mass | 1.07 solar masses |
Radius | 1.24 solar radiae |
Temperature | 6340 kelvin |
Stellar Metallicity | -0.38 decimal exponent |
Age | 3.16 billion years |
At more than 10 Earth masses, KIC 5437945 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 | 33.600 Earth masses |
Density | 0.704 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 6.400 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 1.1455 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 440.781 days |
Discovery Method | Transit |
Discovery Facility | Kepler |
Discovery Telescope | 0.95 m Kepler Telescope |
Discovery Instrument | Kepler CCD Array |
Discovery Date | 2015-12 |
Reference | Wang et al. 2015 |
At more than 10 Earth masses, KIC 5437945 c 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 | 26.100 Earth masses |
Density | 0.853 grams per cubic centimeter |
Radius | 5.520 Earth radiae |
Semi-major Axis | 0.7211 AU |
Eccentricity | 0 |
Orbital Period | 220.130 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 |