Kepler-79

Planetary system · 3329.1 light-years away

Kepler-79 is 3,329 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,389 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-79 b goes round its star every 13.5 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,389 K
Mass1.244 solar masses
Radius1.316 solar radii
Luminosity2.198 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.036
Ageabout 1.32 billion years
Distance from the Sun3329.1 light-years (1020.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 300.5171°, Dec 44.3816°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-79 b13.5 days0.119 AU3.51 R⊕7.6 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-79 c27.4 days0.191 AU3.76 R⊕4.6 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-79 d52.1 days0.294 AU7.15 R⊕5.3 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-79 e81.1 days0.394 AU3.53 R⊕3.8 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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