Kepler-896

Planetary system · 7615.5 light-years away

Kepler-896 is 7,616 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,262 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-896 c goes round its star every 29.5 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,262 K
Mass0.84 solar masses
Radius0.81 solar radii
Luminosity3.03 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.457
Ageabout 5.01 billion years
Distance from the Sun7615.5 light-years (2334.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.4391°, Dec 43.7344°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-896 c29.5 days0.179 AU3.15 R⊕10.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-896 b144.5 days0.564 AU2.53 R⊕6.94 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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