G-type star · yellow dwarf, like our Sun
Kepler-487
5422 K
temperature
0.89 R☉
radius
0.87 M☉
mass
0.672 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 2,845 ly away
At light speed, about 2,845 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.94×
as hot as the Sun
0.89×
the Sun's width
0.87×
the Sun's mass
0.67×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-487 dSub-Neptune · ESI 0.172.78 R⊕ · 2.4 days year
- Explore →Kepler-487 bGas giant · ESI 0.1211.42 R⊕ · 15 days year
- Explore →Kepler-487 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.442.68 R⊕ · 39 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 14.9To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-487's temperature, not a photograph.