Kepler-712

Planetary system · 2845.7 light-years away

Kepler-712 is 2,846 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,148 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-712 b goes round its star every 21.0 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,148 K
Mass0.84 solar masses
Radius0.78 solar radii
Luminosity0.3281 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.161
Ageabout 3.31 billion years
Distance from the Sun2845.7 light-years (872.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.9097°, Dec 42.9352°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-712 b21.0 days0.136 AU3.41 R⊕11.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-712 c226.9 days0.665 AU4.85 R⊕21 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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