Kepler-76

Planetary system · 2684.1 light-years away

Kepler-76 is 2,684 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F star; the first was found in 2013 by orbital brightness modulation (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-76 b goes round its star every 37.1 hours, 57 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF
Surface temperature6,409 K
Mass1.2 solar masses
Radius1.32 solar radii
Luminosity2.826 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.474
Ageabout 0.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun2684.1 light-years (822.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.1921°, Dec 39.6190°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-76 b37.1 hours0.0274 AU15.244 R⊕638.84 M⊕Orbital Brightness Modulation, 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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