Exoplanet · gas giant
Kepler-97 c
Kepler-97 c is a gas giant orbiting the star Kepler-97. Its year lasts 789 Earth days. It was discovered in 2014 by the Radial Velocity method.
| Host star | Kepler-97 |
|---|---|
| Distance | 1,308 light-years (400.9 pc) |
| Orbital period | 2.16 years |
| Mass | 344 M⊕ · 1.08 M♃ |
| Discovery method | Radial Velocity |
| Discovery year | 2014 |
| Discovered by | W. M. Keck Observatory |
In the sky
A telescope is needed to see it: its apparent magnitude is 12.99. Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 41° S. North of latitude 41° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in July, the best time to observe it.
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 718. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 23 million years.
Planets in the same system
- Kepler-97 b 2.59-day orbit · 1.48 R⊕
Data: NASA Exoplanet Archive, PSCompPars. Its look in the simulation is a rendering based on the measured radius, mass and temperature.