Kepler-968

Planetary system · 946.9 light-years away

Kepler-968 is 947 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,598 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-968 b goes round its star every 3.69 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,598 K
Mass0.76 solar masses
Radius0.7 solar radii
Luminosity0.1727 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.626
Ageabout 2.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun946.9 light-years (290.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.6026°, Dec 50.1120°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-968 b3.69 days0.0389 AU2 R⊕4.66 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-968 c5.71 days0.0520 AU1.69 R⊕3.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
KOI-1833 d7.68 days0.0634 AU2.58 R⊕11.02 M⊕Transit, 2021

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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