Kepler-653

Planetary system · 1942.7 light-years away

Kepler-653 is 1,943 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,665 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-653 c goes round its star every 21.6 hours, 98 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,665 K
Mass1.02 solar masses
Radius1.19 solar radii
Luminosity1.314 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.498
Ageabout 7.76 billion years
Distance from the Sun1942.7 light-years (595.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.2130°, Dec 46.7178°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-653 c21.6 hours0.0186 AU0.78 R⊕0.399 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-653 b14.7 days0.119 AU1.95 R⊕4.46 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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