Kepler-136

Planetary system · 1372.5 light-years away

Kepler-136 is 1,373 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,165 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-136 b goes round its star every 11.6 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-136 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-136 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature6,165 K
Mass1.204 solar masses
Radius1.355 solar radii
Luminosity2.929 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.822
Ageabout 2.75 billion years
Distance from the Sun1372.5 light-years (420.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.4673°, Dec 42.5988°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-136 b11.6 days0.106 AU2.05 R⊕19.8 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-136 c16.4 days0.133 AU1.99 R⊕4.62 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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