Kepler-445c

Kepler-445c
Exoplanet List of exoplanets
Size comparison
Neptune Kepler-445c
Parent star
Star Kepler-445
Right ascension (α) 19h54m56.65s
Declination (δ) +46d29m54.8s
Mass (m) 0.18±0.04 M☉
Radius (r) 0.21±0.03 R☉
Temperature (T) 3157±60 K
Metallicity [Fe/H] 0.27±0.13
Physical characteristics
Radius(r)2.51 R⊕
Temperature (T) 362 K (89 °C; 192 °F) [1]
Orbital elements
Semi-major axis(a) 0.033427[2] AU
Eccentricity (e) 0
Orbital period(P) 4.871229±0.000011 d
Inclination (i) 89.91°
Discovery information
Discovery date 2015
Discoverer(s)
Discovery method Transit
Discovery site Kepler Space Observatory
Discovery status Confirmed

Kepler-445c is an exoplanet orbiting the Red dwarf star Kepler-445 every 5 days in the inner edge of the circumstellar habitable zone.[3] PHL has currently not assessed the planet for Habitability.[4]

Physical Features

Size comparison
Earth Kepler-445c

With a radius of 2.5R⊕ it is likely a Water world or even a Mini-Neptune if gaseous. Due to its high radius it would have to have a mass of 15.9M⊕ According to the PHL exoplanet density calculator to have a density similar of that of the Earth.

References

  1. ↑ http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/TblView/nph-tblView?app=ExoTbls&config=cumulative&constraint=koi_pdisposition+like+%27CANDIDATE%27
  2. ↑ http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog/calculators
  3. ↑ http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/DisplayOverview/nph-DisplayOverview?objname=Kepler-445+c&type=CONFIRMED_PLANET
  4. ↑ http://phl.upr.edu/projects/habitable-exoplanets-catalog


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