Kepler-520

Planetary system · 2034.9 light-years away

Kepler-520 is 2,035 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,112 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-520 c goes round its star every 5.21 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,112 K
Mass1.1 solar masses
Radius1.09 solar radii
Luminosity3.238 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.798
Ageabout 2.04 billion years
Distance from the Sun2034.9 light-years (623.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.1803°, Dec 41.6177°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-520 c5.21 days0.0604 AU1.07 R⊕1.24 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-520 b19.7 days0.146 AU1.66 R⊕3.39 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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