K-type star · orange dwarf
Kepler-55
4362 K
temperature
0.58 R☉
radius
0.62 M☉
mass
0.172 L☉
luminosity
How long to get there · 1,888 ly away
At light speed, about 1,888 years to reach this system.
See the full survival timeline (jet to folding spacetime) →Size vs the Sun
How it compares with our Sun
0.76×
as hot as the Sun
0.58×
the Sun's width
0.62×
the Sun's mass
0.17×
the Sun's light output
Worlds orbiting this star
- Explore →Kepler-55 dRocky world · ESI 0.281.59 R⊕ · 2.2 days year
- Explore →Kepler-55 eRocky world · ESI 0.361.55 R⊕ · 4.6 days year
- Explore →Kepler-55 fRocky world · ESI 0.471.59 R⊕ · 10 days year
- Explore →Kepler-55 bSub-Neptune · ESI 0.462.43 R⊕ · 28 days year
- Explore →Kepler-55 cSub-Neptune · ESI 0.422.21 R⊕ · 42 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 15.7To see it 10"+ (250 mm) telescope, dark sky
Illustration generated from Kepler-55's temperature, not a photograph.