Kepler-198

Planetary system · 1615.6 light-years away

Kepler-198 is 1,616 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,574 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-198 d goes round its star every 31.5 hours, 67 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,574 K
Mass0.995 solar masses
Radius0.94 solar radii
Luminosity0.7782 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.684
Ageabout 0.51 billion years
Distance from the Sun1615.6 light-years (495.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.6731°, Dec 38.6910°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-198 d31.5 hours0.0234 AU1.53 R⊕2.96 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-198 b17.8 days0.131 AU2.82 R⊕8.35 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-198 c49.6 days0.259 AU2.47 R⊕6.66 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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