Kepler-143

Planetary system · 2640.1 light-years away

Kepler-143 is 2,640 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,848 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-143 b goes round its star every 16.0 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,848 K
Mass0.982 solar masses
Radius1.359 solar radii
Luminosity1.966 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.882
Ageabout 9.33 billion years
Distance from the Sun2640.1 light-years (809.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.0677°, Dec 49.4125°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-143 b16.0 days0.127 AU2.41 R⊕6.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-143 c27.1 days0.181 AU3.37 R⊕11.3 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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