Kepler-62 is 981 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this K2 V star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-62 b goes round its star every 5.71 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
| Spectral type | K2 V |
| Surface temperature | 4,925 K |
| Mass | 0.69 solar masses |
| Radius | 0.64 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 0.2099 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 13.965 |
| Age | about 7 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 981.3 light-years (300.9 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 283.2126°, Dec 45.3497° |
| Constellation | Lyra |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-62 b | 5.71 days | 0.0553 AU | 1.31 R⊕ | 9 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
| Kepler-62 c | 12.4 days | 0.0929 AU | 0.54 R⊕ | 4 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
| Kepler-62 d | 18.2 days | 0.120 AU | 1.95 R⊕ | 14 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
| Kepler-62 e | 122.4 days | 0.427 AU | 1.61 R⊕ | 36 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
| Kepler-62 f | 267.3 days | 0.718 AU | 1.41 R⊕ | 35 M⊕ | Transit, 2013 |
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 4,925 K, 0.21 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.46 to 0.83 AU. 1 of its 5 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 981 years ago, around 1040.