Kepler-368

Planetary system · 2514.6 light-years away

Kepler-368 is 2,515 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,502 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-368 b goes round its star every 26.8 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,502 K
Mass1.165 solar masses
Radius2.019 solar radii
Luminosity3.65 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.946
Ageabout 6.46 billion years
Distance from the Sun2514.6 light-years (771.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.8800°, Dec 45.3878°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-368 b26.8 days0.186 AU3.26 R⊕10.7 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-368 c72.4 days0.360 AU3.88 R⊕14.3 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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