Kepler-920

Planetary system · 3267.0 light-years away

Kepler-920 is 3,267 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,403 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-920 b goes round its star every 6.53 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,403 K
Mass0.89 solar masses
Radius0.85 solar radii
Luminosity0.6563 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.492
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun3267.0 light-years (1001.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.2969°, Dec 49.1586°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-920 b6.53 days0.0650 AU2.42 R⊕6.44 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-920 c100.8 days0.403 AU3.8 R⊕13.8 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 5,403 K, 0.66 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.79 to 1.40 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 3,267 years ago, around 1200 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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