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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-18

Kepler-18 is a yellow, Sun-like star 1.41 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,345 K, 0.97 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 10 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
1.41 thousand light-years433 pc
Star
5,345 K1.1 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-18 b, circles it in 3.5 days; the outermost, Kepler-18 d, in 14.9 days.

Worlds of Kepler-18

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-18 bSub-Neptune 2 × Earth3.5 days1,165 K
Kepler-18 cNeptune-like 5.5 × Earth7.64 days899 K
Kepler-18 dNeptune-like 0.62 × Jupiter14.9 days720 K