Kepler-74

Planetary system · 3840.7 light-years away

Kepler-74 is 3,841 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F8 V star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-74 b goes round its star every 7.34 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF8 V
Surface temperature6,000 K
Mass1.18 solar masses
Radius1.12 solar radii
Luminosity2.148 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.487
Ageabout 0.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun3840.7 light-years (1177.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.0925°, Dec 41.3555°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-74 b7.34 days0.0781 AU10.76 R⊕200.22 M⊕Transit, 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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