Kepler-913

Planetary system · 3234.2 light-years away

Kepler-913 is 3,234 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,687 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-913 c goes round its star every 5.94 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,687 K
Mass0.63 solar masses
Radius0.61 solar radii
Luminosity0.5228 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.522
Ageabout 5.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun3234.2 light-years (991.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.5831°, Dec 41.9524°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-913 c5.94 days0.0699 AU3.8581 R⊕14.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-913 b10.3 days0.101 AU2.06 R⊕4.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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 4,687 K, 0.52 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.73 to 1.33 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 3,234 years ago, around 1200 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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