Kepler-363

Planetary system · 2487.3 light-years away

Kepler-363 is 2,487 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,593 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-363 b goes round its star every 3.61 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,593 K
Mass1.226 solar masses
Radius1.485 solar radii
Luminosity2.316 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.472
Ageabout 5.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2487.3 light-years (762.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.1921°, Dec 41.3054°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-363 b3.61 days0.0480 AU1.16 R⊕1.65 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-363 c7.54 days0.0790 AU1.69 R⊕66.4 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-363 d11.9 days0.107 AU2.05 R⊕4.86 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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