Kepler-59 is 3,794 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,074 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-59 b goes round its star every 11.9 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Surface temperature | 6,074 K |
| Mass | 1.04 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.94 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 2.107 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 14.467 |
| Age | about 0.26 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 3793.9 light-years (1163.2 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 287.0395°, Dec 46.6402° |
| Constellation | Lyra |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-59 b | 11.9 days | 0.0994 AU | 1.1 R⊕ | 4.1 M⊕ | Transit, 2012 |
| Kepler-59 c | 18.0 days | 0.131 AU | 1.98 R⊕ | 3.81 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 6,074 K, 2.1 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.36 to 2.37 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 3,794 years ago, around 1800 BC.