Kepler-1315

Planetary system · 1568.4 light-years away

Kepler-1315 is 1,568 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,861 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1315 b goes round its star every 20.2 hours, 104 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,861 K
Mass0.8 solar masses
Radius0.75 solar radii
Luminosity0.2356 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.133
Ageabout 3.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun1568.4 light-years (480.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.8216°, Dec 46.0531°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1315 b20.2 hours0.0162 AU1.38 R⊕2.48 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1315 c6.57 days0.0635 AU1.844 R⊕4.06 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021

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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