Kepler-170

Planetary system · 2409.2 light-years away

Kepler-170 is 2,409 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,679 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-170 b goes round its star every 7.93 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,679 K
Mass1.066 solar masses
Radius1.035 solar radii
Luminosity0.882 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.344
Ageabout 1.58 billion years
Distance from the Sun2409.2 light-years (738.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.5212°, Dec 41.6297°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-170 b7.93 days0.0800 AU3.2 R⊕82.6 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-170 c16.7 days0.131 AU2.86 R⊕8.55 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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