KOI-12

Planetary system · 1302.7 light-years away

KOI-12 is 1,303 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,635 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

KOI-12 b goes round its star every 17.9 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,635 K
Mass1.5 solar masses
Radius1.4 solar radii
Luminosity4.231 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.51
Ageabout 1.45 billion years
Distance from the Sun1302.7 light-years (399.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.4537°, Dec 41.0110°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KOI-12 b17.9 days0.154 AU13.787 R⊕349.61 M⊕Transit, 2015
Kepler-448 c6.8 years4.200 AU12 R⊕ estimated6992.3 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 2017

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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