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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-9

Kepler-9 is a yellow, Sun-like star 2.05 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,774 K, 1 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 2 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
2.05 thousand light-years628 pc
Star
5,774 K0.96 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-9 d, circles it in 1.59 days; the outermost, Kepler-9 c, in 39 days.

Worlds of Kepler-9

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-9 dSuper-Earth 1.6 × Earth1.59 days2,026 K
Kepler-9 bNeptune-like 0.74 × Jupiter19.2 days661 K
Kepler-9 cNeptune-like 0.72 × Jupiter39 days523 K