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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-87

Kepler-87 is a yellow, Sun-like star 4.02 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,600 K, 1.1 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 7.5 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
4.02 thousand light-years1,233 pc
Star
5,600 K1.8 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-87 b, circles it in 115 days; the outermost, Kepler-87 c, in 191 days.

Worlds of Kepler-87

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-87 bGas giant 1.2 × Jupiter115 days478 K
Kepler-87 cNeptune-like 0.55 × Jupiter191 days403 K