Kepler-372

Planetary system · 4872.6 light-years away

Kepler-372 is 4,873 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,509 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-372 b goes round its star every 6.85 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,509 K
Mass1.202 solar masses
Radius1.137 solar radii
Luminosity2.093 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.928
Ageabout 2.349 billion years
Distance from the Sun4872.6 light-years (1493.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.2562°, Dec 49.2589°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-372 b6.85 days0.0750 AU1.36 R⊕2.42 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-372 c20.1 days0.154 AU2.09 R⊕5.02 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-372 d30.1 days0.201 AU1.69 R⊕3.5 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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