PH1

Planetary system · 3369.7 light-years away · also Kepler-64 A

PH1 is 3,370 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this F star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

PH1 b takes 138.3 days to go round its star once.

PH1 is one of 4 stars in its system. The position of the other 3 is not catalogued, so only PH1 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeF
Surface temperature6,407 K
Mass1.528 solar masses
Radius1.734 solar radii
Luminosity4.571 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.841
Ageabout 2 billion years
Distance from the Sun3369.7 light-years (1033.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.2151°, Dec 39.9551°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
PH1 b138.3 days0.652 AU6.18 R⊕169 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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 6,407 K, 4.6 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.96 to 3.40 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 3,370 years ago, around 1300 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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