K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-1987
4769 K
temperature
0.71 R☉
radius
0.80 M☉
mass
0.242 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,943 ly away
At light speed, about 1,943 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.83×
as hot as the Sun
0.71×
the Sun's width
0.80×
the Sun's mass
0.24×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-1987 bRocky world · ESI 0.271.23 R⊕ · 2.3 days year
- Explore →Kepler-1987 cRocky world · ESI 0.321.33 R⊕ · 3.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-1987 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.292.66 R⊕ · 5.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-1987 eSub-Neptune · ESI 0.381.92 R⊕ · 8.7 days year
Explore from here · roam the neighborhood
Zoom out: system → (soon) galaxy arm, and the host black hole at the galaxy's heart.
Can you see it tonight?
FAINT — LARGE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 15.5To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-1987's temperature, not a photograph.