Kepler-1038

Planetary system · 1905.2 light-years away

Kepler-1038 is 1,905 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,335 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1038 c goes round its star every 7.13 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,335 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.83 solar radii
Luminosity0.4345 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.03
Ageabout 4.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun1905.2 light-years (584.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.9721°, Dec 44.1323°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1038 c7.13 days0.0692 AU1.4162 R⊕2.59 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-1038 b148.5 days0.524 AU3.53 R⊕12.2 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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