Kepler-39

Planetary system · 3448.8 light-years away

Kepler-39 is 3,449 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F7 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-39 b goes round its star every 21.1 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeF7 V
Surface temperature6,350 K
Mass1.29 solar masses
Radius1.4 solar radii
Luminosity2.218 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.355
Ageabout 2.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun3448.8 light-years (1057.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.9603°, Dec 46.0343°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-39 b21.1 days0.164 AU13.9 R⊕6388.1 M⊕Transit, 2011

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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 6,350 K, 2.2 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.37 to 2.38 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 3,449 years ago, around 1400 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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