Kepler-763

Planetary system · 3139.1 light-years away

Kepler-763 is 3,139 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,166 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-763 b goes round its star every 28.7 hours, 74 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,166 K
Mass0.84 solar masses
Radius0.8 solar radii
Luminosity0.4636 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.965
Ageabout 4.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun3139.1 light-years (962.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.1446°, Dec 47.1574°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-763 b28.7 hours0.0205 AU1.22 R⊕1.98 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-763 c4.10 days0.0466 AU1.42 R⊕2.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-763 d6.50 days0.0634 AU1.67 R⊕3.43 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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