K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-48
5190 K
temperature
0.84 R☉
radius
0.92 M☉
mass
0.514 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,000 ly away
At light speed, about 1,000 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.90×
as hot as the Sun
0.84×
the Sun's width
0.92×
the Sun's mass
0.51×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-48 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.261.88 R⊕ · 4.8 days year
- Explore →Kepler-48 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.322.71 R⊕ · 9.7 days year
- Explore →Kepler-48 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.562.04 R⊕ · 43 days year
- Explore →Kepler-48 eGas giant · ESI 0.3513.40 R⊕ · 2.7 years year
- Explore →Kepler-48 fGas giant · ESI 0.1813.80 R⊕ · 14.3 years 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?
MID-SIZE TELESCOPE NEEDED
Brightness mag 13.2To see it 8-10" (200-250 mm) telescope
Illustration generated from Kepler-48's temperature, not a photograph.