Kepler-172

Planetary system · 2702.5 light-years away

Kepler-172 is 2,703 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,526 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-172 b goes round its star every 2.94 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,526 K
Mass1.081 solar masses
Radius1.085 solar radii
Luminosity0.9292 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.703
Ageabout 2.69 billion years
Distance from the Sun2702.5 light-years (828.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.3684°, Dec 41.8218°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-172 b2.94 days0.0400 AU2.35 R⊕6.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-172 c6.39 days0.0680 AU2.86 R⊕8.55 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-172 d14.6 days0.118 AU2.25 R⊕5.69 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-172 e35.1 days0.211 AU2.76 R⊕8.05 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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