Kepler-36 is 1,722 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,979 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-36 b goes round its star every 13.9 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 5,979 K |
| Mass | 1.034 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.634 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 3.236 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.941 |
| Age | about 7.41 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1722.0 light-years (528.0 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 291.2502°, Dec 49.2318° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-36 b | 13.9 days | 0.114 AU | 1.498 R⊕ | 3.83 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
| Kepler-36 c | 16.2 days | 0.127 AU | 3.679 R⊕ | 7.13 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
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 5,979 K, 3.2 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.69 to 2.96 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 1,722 years ago, around AD 300.