Kepler-34

Planetary system · 5873.5 light-years away

Kepler-34 is 5,874 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,913 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-34 b takes 288.8 days to go round its star once.

Kepler-34 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-34 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature5,913 K
Mass1.0479 solar masses
Radius1.1618 solar radii
Luminosity1.489 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.087
Distance from the Sun5873.5 light-years (1800.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.4358°, Dec 44.6415°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-34 b288.8 days1.090 AU8.564 R⊕69.92 M⊕Transit, 2011

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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