Kepler-1656

Planetary system · 606.2 light-years away · also TYC 3123-1355-1

Kepler-1656 is 606 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,569 K star; the first was found in 2018 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1656 b goes round its star every 31.6 days, 2.8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,569 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.1 solar radii
Luminosity1.049 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.64
Ageabout 6.31 billion years
Distance from the Sun606.2 light-years (185.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.4722°, Dec 39.9119°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1656 b31.6 days0.197 AU4.574 R⊕47.8 M⊕Transit, 2018
Kepler-1656 c5.3 years3.053 AU14 R⊕ estimated126.4 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2022

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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