Kepler-176

Planetary system · 1719.9 light-years away

Kepler-176 is 1,720 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,232 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-176 b goes round its star every 5.43 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,232 K
Mass0.86 solar masses
Radius0.891 solar radii
Luminosity0.3942 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.767
Ageabout 2.45 billion years
Distance from the Sun1719.9 light-years (527.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.6679°, Dec 43.8532°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-176 b5.43 days0.0580 AU1.43 R⊕290.54 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-176 c12.8 days0.102 AU2.6 R⊕1.33 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-176 d25.8 days0.163 AU2.51 R⊕1.72 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-176 e51.2 days0.257 AU1.45 R⊕0.52075 M⊕Transit, 2016

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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