Kepler-118

Planetary system · 1872.9 light-years away

Kepler-118 is 1,873 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,274 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-118 b goes round its star every 7.52 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,274 K
Mass0.811 solar masses
Radius1.094 solar radii
Luminosity0.4194 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.867
Ageabout 13.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1872.9 light-years (574.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.2132°, Dec 41.4248°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-118 b7.52 days0.0730 AU1.96 R⊕4.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-118 c20.2 days0.141 AU7.68 R⊕45.7 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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