Kepler-47

Planetary system · 3343.2 light-years away

Kepler-47 is 3,343 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,636 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-47 b goes round its star every 49.5 days, 1.8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-47 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-47 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature5,636 K
Mass0.957 solar masses
Radius0.936 solar radii
Luminosity0.8395 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.31
Distance from the Sun3343.2 light-years (1025.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.2979°, Dec 46.9204°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-47 b49.5 days0.288 AU3.05 R⊕2.07 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-47 d187.4 days0.699 AU7.04 R⊕19.02 M⊕Transit, 2019
Kepler-47 c303.2 days0.964 AU4.65 R⊕3.17 M⊕Transit, 2012

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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