Kepler-208

Planetary system · 2528.8 light-years away

Kepler-208 is 2,529 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,092 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-208 b goes round its star every 4.23 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,092 K
Mass1.082 solar masses
Radius1.314 solar radii
Luminosity2.038 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.561
Ageabout 4.68 billion years
Distance from the Sun2528.8 light-years (775.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.8902°, Dec 42.5279°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-208 b4.23 days0.0540 AU1.63 R⊕3.29 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-208 c7.47 days0.0790 AU1.39 R⊕2.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-208 d11.1 days0.103 AU1.2 R⊕1.87 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-208 e16.3 days0.132 AU1.48 R⊕2.79 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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