Kepler-104

Planetary system · 1307.2 light-years away

Kepler-104 is 1,307 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,711 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-104 b goes round its star every 11.4 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-104 is one of 2 stars in its system: the other is drawn where the Washington Double Star Catalog measures it on the sky.

The star

Surface temperature5,711 K
Mass0.818 solar masses
Radius1.349 solar radii
Luminosity1.228 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.697
Ageabout 13.18 billion years
Distance from the Sun1307.2 light-years (400.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.6047°, Dec 42.1665°
ConstellationLyra

The other star

Kepler-104 C has no spectral type listed of magnitude 14.1, judged a true companion. In 2016 it was 17″ from Kepler-104, at position angle 308° (Washington Double Star Catalog, 19104+4210 DEA 364 AC): 6,813 AU on the sky at this distance. The true distance can only be larger. Its colour is estimated from its brightness.

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-104 b11.4 days0.0940 AU3.1 R⊕19.6 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-104 c23.7 days0.153 AU3.13 R⊕7.1443 M⊕ minimumTransit, 2014
Kepler-104 d51.8 days0.257 AU3.58 R⊕5.5402 M⊕ minimumTransit, 2014

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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