Kepler-112

Planetary system · 1673.9 light-years away

Kepler-112 is 1,674 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,544 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-112 b goes round its star every 8.41 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,544 K
Mass0.782 solar masses
Radius0.841 solar radii
Luminosity0.8201 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.927
Ageabout 12.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun1673.9 light-years (513.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.9811°, Dec 43.2097°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-112 b8.41 days0.0760 AU2.36 R⊕6.17 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-112 c28.6 days0.172 AU2.4 R⊕6.35 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014

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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