Kepler-643

Planetary system · 3468.9 light-years away

Kepler-643 is 3,469 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,908 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-643 b goes round its star every 16.3 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,908 K
Mass1 solar masses
Radius2.52 solar radii
Luminosity3.007 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.988
Ageabout 12.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun3468.9 light-years (1063.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.3272°, Dec 42.8982°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-643 b16.3 days0.135 AU10.16 R⊕321.01 M⊕Transit, 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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