Kepler-32

Planetary system · 1056.2 light-years away

Kepler-32 is 1,056 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Kepler-32 f goes round its star every 17.8 hours, 118 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature3,900 K
Mass0.58 solar masses
Radius0.53 solar radii
Luminosity0.051 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.36
Ageabout 5.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun1056.2 light-years (323.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.8423°, Dec 46.5744°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-32 f17.8 hours0.0130 AU0.82 R⊕1862.1 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-32 e2.90 days0.0330 AU1.5 R⊕4.0818 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-32 b5.90 days0.0500 AU2.2 R⊕1303 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-32 c8.75 days0.0900 AU2 R⊕158.9 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-32 d22.8 days0.130 AU2.7 R⊕39.909 M⊕Transit, 2012

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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