Kepler-48

Planetary system · 1000.4 light-years away

Kepler-48 is 1,000 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this 5,194 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-48 b goes round its star every 4.78 days, 18 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,194 K
Mass0.88 solar masses
Radius0.89 solar radii
Luminosity0.5137 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.174
Ageabout 3.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun1000.4 light-years (306.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.1393°, Dec 40.9489°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-48 b4.78 days0.0539 AU1.88 R⊕3.94 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-48 c9.67 days0.0863 AU2.71 R⊕14.61 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-48 d42.9 days0.233 AU2.04 R⊕7.93 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-48 e982.0 days1.898 AU13.4 R⊕ estimated657 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2014
Kepler-48 f14.3 years5.719 AU13.8 R⊕ estimated298.58 M⊕ minimumRadial Velocity, 2023

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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