Kepler-99

Planetary system · 679.6 light-years away

Kepler-99 is 680 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 4,782 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-99 b goes round its star every 4.60 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-99 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-99 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature4,782 K
Mass0.79 solar masses
Radius0.73 solar radii
Luminosity0.2597 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.206
Ageabout 1.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun679.6 light-years (208.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.3540°, Dec 41.3000°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-99 b4.60 days0.0507 AU1.48 R⊕6.15 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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