Kepler-87 is a star slightly more massive than the Sun and it is nearing the end of its main-sequence period.^[2]

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Kepler-87 hosts four planets, two confirmed (Kepler-87b,^[3] Kepler-87c^[4] and two unconfirmed (Kepler-87d, Kepler-87e). It is the farthest system from the Sun with two unconfirmed planet candidates at 4021 light-years.^{[citation needed]}