Kepler-616

Planetary system · 3084.7 light-years away

Kepler-616 is 3,085 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,753 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-616 b goes round its star every 10.00 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,753 K
Mass0.98 solar masses
Radius0.97 solar radii
Luminosity0.7736 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.021
Ageabout 3.89 billion years
Distance from the Sun3084.7 light-years (945.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.9891°, Dec 46.8383°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-616 b10.00 days0.0927 AU2.43 R⊕6.48 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-616 d51.1 days0.275 AU2.653 R⊕7.52 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-616 c90.4 days0.402 AU3.41 R⊕11.5 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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