Kepler-77

Planetary system · 2085.5 light-years away

Kepler-77 is 2,086 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G5 V star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-77 b goes round its star every 3.58 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG5 V
Surface temperature5,520 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius0.99 solar radii
Luminosity0.8995 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.152
Ageabout 7.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2085.5 light-years (639.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.6079°, Dec 44.3454°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-77 b3.58 days0.0450 AU10.761 R⊕136.66 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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