Kepler-362

Planetary system · 3556.8 light-years away

Kepler-362 is 3,557 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,788 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-362 b goes round its star every 10.3 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,788 K
Mass0.904 solar masses
Radius0.722 solar radii
Luminosity1.617 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.608
Ageabout 12.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun3556.8 light-years (1090.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.7716°, Dec 47.5299°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-362 b10.3 days0.0870 AU0.88 R⊕0.615 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-362 c37.9 days0.207 AU1.45 R⊕2.7 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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