PH2

Planetary system · 1121.5 light-years away · also Kepler-86

PH2 is 1,122 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G3 star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

PH2 b takes 282.5 days to go round its star once.

The star

Spectral typeG3
Surface temperature5,734 K
Mass0.966 solar masses
Radius0.949 solar radii
Luminosity0.874 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.645
Ageabout 4.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun1121.5 light-years (343.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.7636°, Dec 51.9627°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
PH2 b282.5 days0.833 AU9.3371 R⊕87.085 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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