Kepler-168 is 4,382 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,282 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-168 b goes round its star every 4.43 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 6,282 K |
| Mass | 1.113 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.107 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.295 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.842 |
| Age | about 2.29 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 4382.2 light-years (1343.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 294.7102°, Dec 39.8250° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-168 b | 4.43 days | 0.0560 AU | 1.46 R⊕ | 2.73 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-168 c | 13.2 days | 0.116 AU | 2.69 R⊕ | 7.7 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 6,282 K, 2.3 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.40 to 2.44 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 4,382 years ago, around 2400 BC.