Kepler-376

Planetary system · 3010.6 light-years away

Kepler-376 is 3,011 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,900 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-376 b goes round its star every 4.92 days, 18 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,900 K
Mass0.968 solar masses
Radius1.175 solar radii
Luminosity2.273 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.86
Ageabout 1.91 billion years
Distance from the Sun3010.6 light-years (923.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6071°, Dec 38.4103°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-376 b4.92 days0.0570 AU1.07 R⊕1.24 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-376 c14.2 days0.115 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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