Kepler-769

Planetary system · 3814.6 light-years away

Kepler-769 is 3,815 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,186 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-769 b goes round its star every 7.43 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,186 K
Mass1.19 solar masses
Radius1.28 solar radii
Luminosity1.51 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.984
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun3814.6 light-years (1169.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.7131°, Dec 38.3582°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-769 b7.43 days0.0778 AU2.92 R⊕8.85 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-769 c16.0 days0.130 AU1.79 R⊕3.86 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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