Kepler-63

Planetary system · 632.9 light-years away · also TYC 3550-458-1

Kepler-63 is 633 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-63 b goes round its star every 9.43 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5
Surface temperature5,576 K
Mass0.984 solar masses
Radius0.901 solar radii
Luminosity0.6966 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.02
Ageabout 0.21 billion years
Distance from the Sun632.9 light-years (194.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.2263°, Dec 49.5483°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-63 b9.43 days0.0800 AU6.11 R⊕120 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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