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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-68

Kepler-68 is a yellow, Sun-like star 470 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,847 K, 1.1 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 6.8 billion years. It has 4 known planets.

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Planets
4 
Distance
470 light-years144 pc
Star
5,847 K1.3 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-68 b, circles it in 5.4 days; the outermost, Kepler-68 e, in 9.46 years. One of them lies in the habitable zone: Kepler-68 d.

Worlds of Kepler-68

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-68 bSub-Neptune 2.4 × Earth5.4 days1,275 K
Kepler-68 cEarth-sized 0.98 × Earth9.61 days1,052 K
Kepler-68 dGas giant 1.2 × Jupiter633 days261 K
Kepler-68 eGas giant 1 × Jupiter9.46 years147 K