Kepler-1047

Planetary system · 2666.8 light-years away

Kepler-1047 is 2,667 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,754 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1047 c goes round its star every 3.19 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,754 K
Mass1.08 solar masses
Radius1.13 solar radii
Luminosity2.652 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.46
Ageabout 4.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun2666.8 light-years (817.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.6463°, Dec 50.7890°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1047 c3.19 days0.0441 AU0.99 R⊕0.937 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1047 b56.2 days0.299 AU2.09 R⊕5.02 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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