Kepler-716

Planetary system · 2071.1 light-years away

Kepler-716 is 2,071 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,099 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-716 c goes round its star every 3.97 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,099 K
Mass0.83 solar masses
Radius0.78 solar radii
Luminosity0.3132 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.314
Ageabout 4.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun2071.1 light-years (635.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.3932°, Dec 43.3639°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-716 c3.97 days0.0455 AU1.3928 R⊕2.52 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020
Kepler-716 b10.4 days0.0863 AU2.9 R⊕8.75 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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