Kepler-682 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet

Kepler-682 is a star located 6460 light-years away. It is 3.98 billion years old, has 0.92 solar masses, and spans 0.89 solar radii. Its temperature is 5560 K. The star's reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's. One planet is known to orbit this host.

Kepler-682 b is a Jupiter-like planet discovered in 2016 by the transit method. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness; repeated dips help establish orbital periods. Kepler-682 b completes an orbit every 12.6 days and has a radius of 7.37 Earth radii, which is larger than Earth's. That radius places it beyond the roughly 4-Earth-radius threshold for the Jupiter-like class.