Kepler-98

Planetary system · 1142.6 light-years away

Kepler-98 is 1,143 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,539 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-98 b goes round its star every 37.0 hours, 57 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,539 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius1.11 solar radii
Luminosity0.7358 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.996
Ageabout 2.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun1142.6 light-years (350.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.6617°, Dec 37.9646°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-98 b37.0 hours0.0261 AU1.99 R⊕3.55 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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