Kepler-17
Sign in to saveKepler-17 is a main-sequence yellow dwarf star that is much more active than the Sun with starspots covering roughly 6% of its surface. Starspots are long-lived, with at least one persisting for 1400 days. ==Planetary system== The Kepler-17 is known to host one superjovian exoplanet, Kepler-17b, in orbit around it. It was discovered by the transit method in 2011.
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- Constellation
- Cygnus
- Child body
- Q6393158
- Distance from Earth
- +800
- Diameter
- +1430000
- Radius
- +1.05
- Mass
- +1.16
- Variable-star type
- rotating variable star
- Image
- Kepler-17.jpg
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Kepler-17 is a main-sequence yellow dwarf star that is much more active than the Sun with starspots covering roughly 6% of its surface. Starspots are long-lived, with at least one persisting for 1400 days. ==Planetary system== The Kepler-17 is known to host one superjovian exoplanet, Kepler-17b, in orbit around it. It was discovered by the transit method in 2011.
==References==