Kepler-361

Planetary system · 3034.3 light-years away

Kepler-361 is 3,034 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,169 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-361 b goes round its star every 8.49 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,169 K
Mass1.191 solar masses
Radius1.343 solar radii
Luminosity2.876 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.635
Ageabout 3.89 billion years
Distance from the Sun3034.3 light-years (930.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.8034°, Dec 46.7411°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-361 b8.49 days0.0860 AU1.45 R⊕2.7 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-361 c55.2 days0.300 AU2.52 R⊕6.9 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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