Kepler-1398

Planetary system · 2779.5 light-years away

Kepler-1398 is 2,780 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,126 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1398 b goes round its star every 2.79 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,126 K
Mass1.13 solar masses
Radius1.18 solar radii
Luminosity2.052 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.752
Ageabout 3.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun2779.5 light-years (852.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.8661°, Dec 48.6390°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1398 b2.79 days0.0391 AU0.9 R⊕0.666 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1398 c4.14 days0.0509 AU1.03 R⊕1.08 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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