Kepler-466

Planetary system · 1729.0 light-years away

Kepler-466 is 1,729 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,927 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-466 c goes round its star every 3.71 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,927 K
Mass1.04 solar masses
Radius1.05 solar radii
Luminosity0.8567 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.799
Ageabout 3.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun1729.0 light-years (530.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.6487°, Dec 48.4955°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-466 c3.71 days0.0466 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-466 b51.1 days0.268 AU2.85 R⊕8.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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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