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Kepler-9 d | Exoplanets | Apex Andromeda | Apex Andromeda

Planets/Exoplanets/Kepler-9 d

Confirmed exoplanet · Super Earth

Kepler-9 d

Orbiting Kepler-9

Discovered in 2010 using Transit. This page reflects the latest synchronized NASA Exoplanet Archive composite record.

NASA Archive record ↗Back to catalog →

Kepler-90 system (Artist's Concept), an official NASA exoplanet image or artist concept — Sourced object or system artworkNASA/Ames Research Center/Wendy Stenzel

Discovery: 2,010
Method: Transit
Radius: 1.64 R⊕
Mass: 8.414661 M⊕
Orbit: 1.592851 days
Distance: 628.257 pc

Planet profile

Orbit and physical properties

Orbital period: 1.592851 days
Semi-major axis: 0.0273 AU
Eccentricity: 0
Radius: 1.64 Earth radii
Mass: 8.414661 Earth masses
Mass provenance: Msini
Density: 13.547166 g/cm³
Equilibrium temperature: 2,026 K
Insolation: 1,339.658 Earth flux

Host system

Star and system properties

Host star: Kepler-9
Stars in system: 1
Known planets in system: 3
Spectral type: Not reported by the NASA Exoplanet Archive
Stellar temperature: 5,777 K
Stellar radius: 1.02 R☉
Stellar mass: 1.07 M☉
Stellar metallicity: 0.12 dex
Stellar age: 1 Gyr
Distance: 628.257 parsecs
Right ascension: 19h02m17.76s
Declination: +38d24m02.95s

Discovery

Detection and provenance

Discovery method: Transit
Discovery year: 2,010
Publication date: 2011-01
Discovery locale: Space
Facility: Kepler
Telescope: 0.95 m Kepler Telescope
Instrument: Kepler CCD Array
NASA Exoplanet Archive: Open composite record ↗

Visual archive

Gallery

One image from Kepler-9 d.

Kepler-90 system (Artist's Concept), an official NASA exoplanet image or artist concept — NASA/Ames Research Center/Wendy StenzelSource ↗