Kepler-1162

Planetary system · 3066.6 light-years away

Kepler-1162 is 3,067 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,390 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1162 b goes round its star every 32.6 days, 2.7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,390 K
Mass0.89 solar masses
Radius0.84 solar radii
Luminosity0.4761 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.749
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun3066.6 light-years (940.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.2920°, Dec 45.4340°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1162 b32.6 days0.190 AU2.21 R⊕5.52 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1162 c59.3 days0.283 AU1.81 R⊕3.93 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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