Kepler-373

Planetary system · 3556.6 light-years away

Kepler-373 is 3,557 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,787 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-373 b goes round its star every 5.54 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,787 K
Mass0.981 solar masses
Radius0.845 solar radii
Luminosity1.631 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.596
Ageabout 10.96 billion years
Distance from the Sun3556.6 light-years (1090.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.3880°, Dec 50.5970°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-373 b5.54 days0.0600 AU1.36 R⊕2.42 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-373 c16.7 days0.126 AU1.24 R⊕2.07 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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