Kepler-8

Planetary system · 3332.9 light-years away

Kepler-8 is 3,333 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,213 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-8 b goes round its star every 3.52 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,213 K
Mass1.213 solar masses
Radius1.486 solar radii
Luminosity4.027 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.598
Ageabout 3.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun3332.9 light-years (1021.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 281.2881°, Dec 42.4511°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-8 b3.52 days0.0474 AU15.872 R⊕187.52 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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