Kepler-1052

Planetary system · 3077.1 light-years away

Kepler-1052 is 3,077 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,888 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1052 b goes round its star every 34.9 days, 2.5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,888 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.03 solar radii
Luminosity0.8977 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.932
Ageabout 3.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun3077.1 light-years (943.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.3427°, Dec 46.6022°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1052 b34.9 days0.210 AU2.93 R⊕8.91 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1052 c180.9 days0.614 AU2.3 R⊕5.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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