Kepler-1126

Planetary system · 2073.5 light-years away

Kepler-1126 is 2,074 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,798 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1126 c takes 199.7 days to go round its star once.

The star

Surface temperature5,798 K
Mass0.92 solar masses
Radius0.93 solar radii
Luminosity0.7957 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.221
Ageabout 5.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2073.5 light-years (635.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.6920°, Dec 45.6894°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1126 b108.6 days0.413 AU1.73 R⊕3.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1126 c199.7 days0.619 AU1.45 R⊕2.7 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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