Kepler-386

Planetary system · 2878.2 light-years away

Kepler-386 is 2,878 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,178 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-386 b goes round its star every 12.3 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,178 K
Mass0.825 solar masses
Radius0.767 solar radii
Luminosity0.3963 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.949
Ageabout 9.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun2878.2 light-years (882.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.8589°, Dec 48.6938°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-386 b12.3 days0.0960 AU1.39 R⊕2.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-386 c25.2 days0.155 AU1.58 R⊕3.12 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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