KIC 9663113

Planetary system · 5201.3 light-years away · also Kepler-458

KIC 9663113 is 5,201 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,065 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-458 c goes round its star every 20.7 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,065 K
Mass0.98 solar masses
Radius1.03 solar radii
Luminosity6.193 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.027
Ageabout 2.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun5201.3 light-years (1594.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.0454°, Dec 46.3287°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-458 c20.7 days0.170 AU4.2 R⊕16.4 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
KIC 9663113 b572.4 days1.553 AU4.6 R⊕19.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015

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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