Kepler-360

Planetary system · 2857.3 light-years away

Kepler-360 is 2,857 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,053 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-360 b goes round its star every 3.29 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,053 K
Mass0.994 solar masses
Radius1.058 solar radii
Luminosity0.7373 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.011
Ageabout 1.41 billion years
Distance from the Sun2857.3 light-years (876.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.2847°, Dec 44.7816°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-360 b3.29 days0.0440 AU1.65 R⊕3.36 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-360 c7.19 days0.0750 AU2.1 R⊕5.06 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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