Kepler-598

Planetary system · 2221.4 light-years away

Kepler-598 is 2,221 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,307 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-598 b goes round its star every 3.70 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,307 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.86 solar radii
Luminosity0.5527 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.829
Ageabout 7.59 billion years
Distance from the Sun2221.4 light-years (681.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.1234°, Dec 40.9348°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-598 b3.70 days0.0449 AU1.5 R⊕2.86 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-598 c86.5 days0.367 AU3.0242 R⊕9.4 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020

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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