Kepler-589

Planetary system · 1998.7 light-years away

Kepler-589 is 1,999 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,296 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-589 c goes round its star every 3.52 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,296 K
Mass0.88 solar masses
Radius0.83 solar radii
Luminosity0.4501 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.775
Ageabout 4.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun1998.7 light-years (612.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 280.6414°, Dec 47.7521°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-589 c3.52 days0.0426 AU1.1173 R⊕1.45 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-589 b16.5 days0.120 AU2.27 R⊕5.77 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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