Kepler-183

Planetary system · 3426.7 light-years away

Kepler-183 is 3,427 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,888 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-183 b goes round its star every 5.69 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,888 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius0.958 solar radii
Luminosity1.062 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.993
Ageabout 5.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun3426.7 light-years (1050.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.5308°, Dec 39.3159°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-183 b5.69 days0.0640 AU2.06 R⊕4.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-183 c11.6 days0.103 AU2.27 R⊕35.7 M⊕Transit, 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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