Kepler-1016

Planetary system · 4575.4 light-years away

Kepler-1016 is 4,575 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,821 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1016 b goes round its star every 46.9 hours, 45 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,821 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius1 solar radii
Luminosity1.329 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.531
Ageabout 3.89 billion years
Distance from the Sun4575.4 light-years (1402.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.6137°, Dec 45.9846°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1016 b46.9 hours0.0304 AU2.18 R⊕5.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1016 c105.7 days0.435 AU3.68 R⊕13.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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