Kepler-92

Planetary system · 1559.0 light-years away

Kepler-92 is 1,559 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,883 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-92 b goes round its star every 13.7 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,883 K
Mass1.21 solar masses
Radius1.7 solar radii
Luminosity3.616 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.671
Ageabout 3.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun1559.0 light-years (478.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.0861°, Dec 41.5630°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-92 b13.7 days0.122 AU3.51 R⊕64.3 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-92 c26.7 days0.191 AU2.6 R⊕6.1 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-92 d49.4 days0.287 AU2.067 R⊕11.867 M⊕ minimumTransit, 2015

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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