Kepler-140

Planetary system · 1904.3 light-years away

Kepler-140 is 1,904 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,077 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-140 b goes round its star every 3.25 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,077 K
Mass1.044 solar masses
Radius1.288 solar radii
Luminosity1.781 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.018
Ageabout 0.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun1904.3 light-years (583.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.3694°, Dec 46.7681°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-140 b3.25 days0.0450 AU1.61 R⊕3.22 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-140 c91.4 days0.414 AU1.8 R⊕3.89 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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