Kepler-603

Planetary system · 5021.6 light-years away

Kepler-603 is 5,022 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,808 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-603 d goes round its star every 6.22 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,808 K
Mass1.01 solar masses
Radius1.01 solar radii
Luminosity2.464 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.969
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun5021.6 light-years (1539.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.2810°, Dec 42.2909°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-603 d6.22 days0.0712 AU1.32 R⊕2.3 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-603 b21.1 days0.161 AU2.65 R⊕7.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-603 c127.9 days0.534 AU6.5 R⊕34.5 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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