Kepler-162

Planetary system · 2790.7 light-years away

Kepler-162 is 2,791 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,816 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-162 b goes round its star every 6.92 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,816 K
Mass1.053 solar masses
Radius0.958 solar radii
Luminosity1.43 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.351
Ageabout 4.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun2790.7 light-years (855.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.2789°, Dec 43.7240°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-162 b6.92 days0.0690 AU1.26 R⊕2.13 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-162 c19.4 days0.137 AU3.03 R⊕9.43 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014

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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