Kepler-377

Planetary system · 2686.9 light-years away

Kepler-377 is 2,687 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,949 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-377 b goes round its star every 12.5 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,949 K
Mass1.043 solar masses
Radius1.224 solar radii
Luminosity1.65 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.081
Ageabout 5.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2686.9 light-years (823.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.4221°, Dec 38.7357°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-377 b12.5 days0.109 AU1.39 R⊕2.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-377 c27.0 days0.182 AU2.06 R⊕4.9 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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