Kepler-87 is 4,021 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,600 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-87 c takes 191.2 days to go round its star once.
| Surface temperature | 5,600 K |
| Mass | 1.1 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.82 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.119 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.681 |
| Age | about 7.5 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 4021.2 light-years (1232.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 297.9168°, Dec 46.9651° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-87 b | 114.7 days | 0.481 AU | 13.49 R⊕ | 324.2 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
| Kepler-87 c | 191.2 days | 0.676 AU | 6.14 R⊕ | 6.4 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
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.