Kepler-123

Planetary system · 3332.2 light-years away

Kepler-123 is 3,332 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,089 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-123 b goes round its star every 17.2 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,089 K
Mass1.079 solar masses
Radius1.264 solar radii
Luminosity2.568 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.129
Ageabout 5.01 billion years
Distance from the Sun3332.2 light-years (1021.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.9986°, Dec 42.7820°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-123 b17.2 days0.135 AU2.94 R⊕55.3 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-123 c26.7 days0.181 AU1.48 R⊕2.79 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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