Kepler-378

Planetary system · 496.1 light-years away

Kepler-378 is 496 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,661 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-378 b goes round its star every 16.1 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,661 K
Mass0.78 solar masses
Radius0.671 solar radii
Luminosity0.2211 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.619
Ageabout 3.24 billion years
Distance from the Sun496.1 light-years (152.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.9490°, Dec 46.4389°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-378 b16.1 days0.112 AU0.75 R⊕0.347 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-378 c28.9 days0.166 AU0.7 R⊕0.271 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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