Kepler-58

Planetary system · 3161.3 light-years away

Kepler-58 is 3,161 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,843 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-58 e goes round its star every 4.46 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,843 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius1.03 solar radii
Luminosity0.9903 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.086
Ageabout 2.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun3161.3 light-years (969.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.3586°, Dec 39.1152°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-58 e4.46 days0.0533 AU1.61 R⊕597.8 M⊕Transit, 2023
Kepler-58 b10.2 days0.0929 AU2.78 R⊕35.5 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-58 c15.6 days0.123 AU2.86 R⊕53 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-58 d40.1 days0.236 AU2.94 R⊕245.34 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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