Observation data Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000 | |
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Constellation | Cygnus |
Right ascension | 19h 34m 58.01374s[1] |
Declination | +44° 26′ 53.9602″[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.72[2] |
Characteristics | |
Spectral type | late G[3] |
Astrometry | |
Proper motion (μ) | RA: 38.195 mas/yr[1] Dec.: −16.309 mas/yr[1] |
Parallax (π) | 8.0085 ± 0.0104 mas[1] |
Distance | 407.3 ± 0.5 ly (124.9 ± 0.2 pc) |
Details[4] | |
Mass | 0.779+0.032 −0.046 M☉ |
Radius | 0.7475+0.0077 −0.0078 R☉ |
Temperature | 5058±50 K |
Metallicity [Fe/H] | −0.18±0.08 dex |
Other designations | |
Database references | |
SIMBAD | data |
KIC | data |
Kepler-78 (formerly known as KIC 8435766) is a 12th magnitude star 407 light-years (125 parsecs) away in the constellation Cygnus.[2] Initially classified as an eclipsing binary with orbital period 0.710015 days,[5] it was later re-classified as a single star with significant interaction between star magnetosphere and close-in planet.[6] The radius of the star is of about 74% of the Sun, and the effective temperature is about 5100 K.
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