Kepler-160

Planetary system · 3056.1 light-years away

Kepler-160 is 3,056 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,471 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-160 b goes round its star every 4.31 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,471 K
Mass1.003 solar masses
Radius1.118 solar radii
Luminosity1.01 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.816
Ageabout 6.03 billion years
Distance from the Sun3056.1 light-years (937.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.7736°, Dec 42.8693°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-160 b4.31 days0.0551 AU1.715 R⊕3.59 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-160 c13.7 days0.119 AU3.76 R⊕13.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-160 d30.0 days0.170 AU—100 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 2020

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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