Kepler-124

Planetary system · 1370.0 light-years away

Kepler-124 is 1,370 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,984 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-124 b goes round its star every 3.41 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,984 K
Mass0.706 solar masses
Radius0.636 solar radii
Luminosity0.3409 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.4
Ageabout 1.82 billion years
Distance from the Sun1370.0 light-years (420.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.7527°, Dec 49.0649°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-124 b3.41 days0.0390 AU0.73 R⊕0.315 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-124 c13.8 days0.100 AU1.75 R⊕3.71 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-124 d31.0 days0.170 AU1.11 R⊕1.41 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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