Kepler-1143

Planetary system · 1810.8 light-years away

Kepler-1143 is 1,811 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,053 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1143 b goes round its star every 2.89 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,053 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.77 solar radii
Luminosity0.2384 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.493
Ageabout 4.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun1810.8 light-years (555.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.3028°, Dec 39.2896°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1143 b2.89 days0.0371 AU1.67 R⊕3.43 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1143 c210.6 days0.648 AU3.6 R⊕12.6 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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