Kepler-969

Planetary system · 1273.2 light-years away

Kepler-969 is 1,273 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,214 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-969 c goes round its star every 40.4 hours, 52 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,214 K
Mass0.92 solar masses
Radius0.82 solar radii
Luminosity0.4085 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.865
Ageabout 1.51 billion years
Distance from the Sun1273.2 light-years (390.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.3725°, Dec 47.9336°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-969 c40.4 hours0.0265 AU0.99 R⊕0.937 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-969 b34.2 days0.197 AU2.07 R⊕4.94 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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