Kepler-162 is 2,791 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,816 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-162 b goes round its star every 6.92 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 5,816 K |
| Mass | 1.053 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.958 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.43 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.351 |
| Age | about 4.57 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 2790.7 light-years (855.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 297.2789°, Dec 43.7240° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-162 b | 6.92 days | 0.0690 AU | 1.26 R⊕ | 2.13 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-162 c | 19.4 days | 0.137 AU | 3.03 R⊕ | 9.43 M⊕ estimated | 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.
For a star of 5,816 K, 1.4 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.13 to 2.00 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.
The light you see left 2,791 years ago, around 800 BC.