Kepler-539

Planetary system · 1002.3 light-years away

Kepler-539 is 1,002 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-539 c takes 2.7 years to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,820 K
Mass1.048 solar masses
Radius0.952 solar radii
Luminosity0.87 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.444
Ageabout 0.91 billion years
Distance from the Sun1002.3 light-years (307.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.1225°, Dec 41.8668°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-539 b125.6 days0.499 AU8.3731 R⊕308.3 M⊕Transit, 2016
Kepler-539 c2.7 years2.420 AU13.3 R⊕ estimated762.79 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 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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