Kepler-799

Planetary system · 4922.0 light-years away

Kepler-799 is 4,922 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,681 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-799 c goes round its star every 15.2 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,681 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius0.93 solar radii
Luminosity0.8128 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.166
Ageabout 3.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun4922.0 light-years (1509.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.1749°, Dec 44.8785°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-799 c15.2 days0.121 AU2.7807 R⊕8.15 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-799 b133.5 days0.517 AU6.88 R⊕37.9 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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