Kepler-163

Planetary system · 2249.9 light-years away

Kepler-163 is 2,250 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,776 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-163 b goes round its star every 7.81 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,776 K
Mass0.882 solar masses
Radius0.917 solar radii
Luminosity0.7278 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.467
Ageabout 4.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun2249.9 light-years (689.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.0027°, Dec 46.9873°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-163 b7.81 days0.0780 AU1.05 R⊕1.16 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-163 c21.3 days0.152 AU2.26 R⊕5.73 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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