Kepler-865

Planetary system · 1911.7 light-years away

Kepler-865 is 1,912 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,570 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-865 c goes round its star every 6.21 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,570 K
Mass0.93 solar masses
Radius0.92 solar radii
Luminosity0.504 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.635
Ageabout 4.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun1911.7 light-years (586.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.7242°, Dec 43.5273°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-865 c6.21 days0.0610 AU0.89 R⊕0.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-865 b14.2 days0.106 AU2.49 R⊕6.76 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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