Kepler-366

Planetary system · 6054.4 light-years away

Kepler-366 is 6,054 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,209 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-366 b goes round its star every 3.28 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,209 K
Mass1.088 solar masses
Radius1.048 solar radii
Luminosity3.739 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.952
Ageabout 6.61 billion years
Distance from the Sun6054.4 light-years (1856.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.8520°, Dec 49.0844°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-366 b3.28 days0.0450 AU1.46 R⊕2.73 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-366 c12.5 days0.110 AU1.79 R⊕3.86 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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