Kepler-137

Planetary system · 988.2 light-years away

Kepler-137 is 988 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,187 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-137 b goes round its star every 8.44 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,187 K
Mass0.85 solar masses
Radius0.802 solar radii
Luminosity0.5101 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.063
Ageabout 4.27 billion years
Distance from the Sun988.2 light-years (303.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.1356°, Dec 43.0392°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-137 b8.44 days0.0770 AU1.47 R⊕2.76 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-137 c18.7 days0.130 AU1.88 R⊕4.19 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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