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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-162

Kepler-162 is a yellow, Sun-like star 2.79 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,816 K, 1.1 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 4.6 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
2.79 thousand light-years856 pc
Star
5,816 K0.96 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-162 b, circles it in 6.92 days; the outermost, Kepler-162 c, in 19.4 days.

Worlds of Kepler-162

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-162 bSuper-Earth 1.3 × Earth6.92 days961 K
Kepler-162 cSub-Neptune 3 × Earth19.4 days681 K