Kepler-371

Planetary system · 2652.3 light-years away

Kepler-371 is 2,652 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,666 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-371 b goes round its star every 34.8 days, 2.5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,666 K
Mass0.876 solar masses
Radius0.992 solar radii
Luminosity1.754 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.997
Ageabout 12.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun2652.3 light-years (813.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.3265°, Dec 38.6575°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-371 b34.8 days0.200 AU1.89 R⊕4.23 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-371 c68.0 days0.313 AU1.78 R⊕3.82 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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