Kepler-36

Planetary system · 1722.0 light-years away · also TYC 3551-2464-1

Kepler-36 is 1,722 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,979 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-36 b goes round its star every 13.9 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,979 K
Mass1.034 solar masses
Radius1.634 solar radii
Luminosity3.236 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.941
Ageabout 7.41 billion years
Distance from the Sun1722.0 light-years (528.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.2502°, Dec 49.2318°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-36 b13.9 days0.114 AU1.498 R⊕3.83 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-36 c16.2 days0.127 AU3.679 R⊕7.13 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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