Kepler-166

Planetary system · 1968.5 light-years away

Kepler-166 is 1,969 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,413 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-166 d goes round its star every 37.3 hours, 57 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,413 K
Mass0.811 solar masses
Radius0.742 solar radii
Luminosity0.412 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.857
Ageabout 5.01 billion years
Distance from the Sun1968.5 light-years (603.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.1601°, Dec 48.8812°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-166 d37.3 hours0.0245 AU1.73 R⊕3.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-166 b7.65 days0.0720 AU2.27 R⊕5.77 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-166 c34.3 days0.195 AU2.38 R⊕6.26 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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