Kepler-647

Planetary system · 3548.2 light-years away

Kepler-647 is 3,548 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,020 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-647 b goes round its star every 16.2 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,020 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.07 solar radii
Luminosity2.62 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.067
Ageabout 4.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun3548.2 light-years (1087.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.7883°, Dec 44.5916°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-647 b16.2 days0.122 AU1.17 R⊕1.71 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-647 c29.7 days0.183 AU4.0014 R⊕15.1 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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