Kepler-388

Planetary system · 1386.2 light-years away

Kepler-388 is 1,386 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,498 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-388 b goes round its star every 3.17 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,498 K
Mass0.635 solar masses
Radius0.586 solar radii
Luminosity0.3636 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.218
Ageabout 13.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1386.2 light-years (425.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.8281°, Dec 44.6086°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-388 b3.17 days0.0360 AU0.81 R⊕0.457 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-388 c13.3 days0.0930 AU0.86 R⊕0.566 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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