Kepler-53

Planetary system · 4455.5 light-years away

Kepler-53 is 4,456 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,858 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-53 d goes round its star every 9.75 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,858 K
Mass0.98 solar masses
Radius0.89 solar radii
Luminosity1.085 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.367
Ageabout 0.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun4455.5 light-years (1366.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.4618°, Dec 40.5625°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-53 d9.75 days0.0910 AU2.12 R⊕166.5 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-53 b18.6 days0.136 AU2.89 R⊕111 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-53 c38.6 days0.221 AU3.17 R⊕36 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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