Kepler-120

Planetary system · 1267.5 light-years away

Kepler-120 is 1,268 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-120 b goes round its star every 6.31 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,096 K
Mass0.654 solar masses
Radius0.534 solar radii
Luminosity0.2104 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.995
Ageabout 3.63 billion years
Distance from the Sun1267.5 light-years (388.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.8916°, Dec 39.3391°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-120 b6.31 days0.0550 AU2.15 R⊕8.5 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-120 c12.8 days0.0880 AU1.53 R⊕2.96 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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