Kepler-186

Planetary system · 579.2 light-years away

Kepler-186 is 579 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this M1 star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-186 b goes round its star every 3.89 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1
Surface temperature3,788 K
Mass0.478 solar masses
Radius0.472 solar radii
Luminosity0.04121 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.138
Ageabout 4 billion years
Distance from the Sun579.2 light-years (177.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.6527°, Dec 43.9550°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-186 b3.89 days0.0343 AU1.07 R⊕1.24 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-186 c7.27 days0.0451 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-186 d13.3 days0.0781 AU1.4 R⊕2.54 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-186 e22.4 days0.110 AU1.27 R⊕2.15 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-186 f disputed129.9 days0.432 AU1.17 R⊕1.71 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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