Kepler-722

Planetary system · 4042.7 light-years away

Kepler-722 is 4,043 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,863 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-722 b goes round its star every 4.09 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,863 K
Mass1.03 solar masses
Radius1.05 solar radii
Luminosity0.9136 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.489
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun4042.7 light-years (1239.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.2633°, Dec 44.5564°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-722 b4.09 days0.0514 AU2.63 R⊕7.41 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-722 c105.1 days0.447 AU2.82 R⊕8.35 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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