Kepler-379

Planetary system · 2385.1 light-years away

Kepler-379 is 2,385 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,054 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-379 b goes round its star every 20.1 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,054 K
Mass1.125 solar masses
Radius1.306 solar radii
Luminosity1.903 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.475
Ageabout 2.24 billion years
Distance from the Sun2385.1 light-years (731.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.7011°, Dec 38.9458°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-379 b20.1 days0.152 AU1.66 R⊕3.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-379 c62.8 days0.326 AU2.29 R⊕5.86 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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