Kepler-436

Planetary system · 1920.6 light-years away

Kepler-436 is 1,921 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,651 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-436 c goes round its star every 16.8 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,651 K
Mass0.729 solar masses
Radius0.697 solar radii
Luminosity0.1991 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.971
Ageabout 3 billion years
Distance from the Sun1920.6 light-years (588.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 301.7208°, Dec 44.4121°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-436 c16.8 days0.115 AU2.33 R⊕6.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-436 b64.0 days0.339 AU2.73 R⊕7.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015

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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