Kepler-990

Planetary system · 2616.3 light-years away

Kepler-990 is 2,616 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,948 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-990 c goes round its star every 12.9 hours, 163 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,948 K
Mass1.05 solar masses
Radius1.08 solar radii
Luminosity0.8912 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.716
Ageabout 3.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun2616.3 light-years (802.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.9382°, Dec 46.8813°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-990 c12.9 hours0.0123 AU1.53 R⊕2.96 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-990 b9.92 days0.0859 AU2.6 R⊕7.27 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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