Kepler-1488

Planetary system · 2954.4 light-years away

Kepler-1488 is 2,954 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,820 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1488 c goes round its star every 6.16 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,820 K
Mass1.05 solar masses
Radius1.31 solar radii
Luminosity3.868 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.146
Ageabout 6.92 billion years
Distance from the Sun2954.4 light-years (905.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.6464°, Dec 49.9378°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1488 c6.16 days0.0696 AU1.6516 R⊕3.37 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-1488 b39.8 days0.242 AU1.86 R⊕4.12 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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