Kepler-82

Planetary system · 2949.5 light-years away

Kepler-82 is 2,950 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this G star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-82 d goes round its star every 2.38 days, 37 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,401 K
Mass0.91 solar masses
Radius0.898 solar radii
Luminosity0.653 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.131
Ageabout 1.41 billion years
Distance from the Sun2949.5 light-years (904.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.8734°, Dec 42.9662°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-82 d2.38 days0.0340 AU1.77 R⊕885.1 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-82 e5.90 days0.0630 AU2.47 R⊕254.02 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-82 b26.4 days0.168 AU4.07 R⊕12.15 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-82 c51.5 days0.263 AU5.34 R⊕13.9 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-82 f75.7 days0.340 AU4.84 R⊕ estimated20.9 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 2019

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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