Kepler-1468

Planetary system · 6194.5 light-years away

Kepler-1468 is 6,195 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,893 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1468 c goes round its star every 3.55 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,893 K
Mass1.04 solar masses
Radius1.05 solar radii
Luminosity3.398 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.111
Ageabout 3.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun6194.5 light-years (1899.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.5198°, Dec 41.2774°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1468 c3.55 days0.0466 AU1.15 R⊕1.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1468 b8.24 days0.0817 AU1.73 R⊕3.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1468 d19.6 days0.146 AU3.3319 R⊕11.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021

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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