Kepler-96

Planetary system · 400.8 light-years away · also TYC 3140-604-1

Kepler-96 is 401 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,690 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-96 b goes round its star every 16.2 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,690 K
Mass1 solar masses
Radius1.02 solar radii
Luminosity0.8865 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.568
Ageabout 2.34 billion years
Distance from the Sun400.8 light-years (122.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.0698°, Dec 40.5252°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-96 b16.2 days0.126 AU2.67 R⊕8.46 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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