Kepler-125

Planetary system · 598.1 light-years away

Kepler-125 is 598 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-125 b goes round its star every 4.16 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature3,810 K
Mass0.542101 solar masses
Radius0.512 solar radii
Luminosity0.047 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.431
Ageabout 1.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun598.1 light-years (183.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.2581°, Dec 47.6050°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-125 b4.16 days0.0410 AU2.37 R⊕6.21 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-125 c5.77 days0.0510 AU0.74 R⊕0.33 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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