Kepler-1129

Planetary system · 3861.3 light-years away

Kepler-1129 is 3,861 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,831 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1129 b goes round its star every 24.3 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,831 K
Mass1 solar masses
Radius1 solar radii
Luminosity0.9389 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.661
Ageabout 4.07 billion years
Distance from the Sun3861.3 light-years (1183.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6045°, Dec 41.3093°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1129 b24.3 days0.165 AU2.96 R⊕9.06 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1129 c76.5 days0.354 AU2.73 R⊕7.9 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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