Kepler-1050

Planetary system · 1599.8 light-years away

Kepler-1050 is 1,600 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,010 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1050 b goes round its star every 15.4 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,010 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius1.13 solar radii
Luminosity1.145 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.198
Ageabout 3.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun1599.8 light-years (490.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.9250°, Dec 48.6264°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1050 b15.4 days0.124 AU1.6 R⊕3.19 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1050 c21.1 days0.153 AU1.48 R⊕2.79 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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