Kepler-69

Planetary system · 2383.0 light-years away

Kepler-69 is 2,383 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G4 V star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-69 b goes round its star every 13.7 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG4 V
Surface temperature5,638 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.93 solar radii
Luminosity0.7998 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.866
Ageabout 13.18 billion years
Distance from the Sun2383.0 light-years (730.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.2609°, Dec 44.8689°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-69 b13.7 days0.0940 AU2.24 R⊕5.65 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2013
Kepler-69 c242.5 days0.640 AU1.71 R⊕3.57 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 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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