Kepler-115

Planetary system · 2033.9 light-years away

Kepler-115 is 2,034 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,979 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-115 b goes round its star every 2.40 days, 37 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,979 K
Mass1.042 solar masses
Radius1.205 solar radii
Luminosity1.66 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.545
Ageabout 4.17 billion years
Distance from the Sun2033.9 light-years (623.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.7119°, Dec 45.2620°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-115 b2.40 days0.0360 AU1.09 R⊕1.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-115 c8.99 days0.0870 AU2.6 R⊕7.27 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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