Kepler-144

Planetary system · 1255.4 light-years away · also TYC 3126-2109-1

Kepler-144 is 1,255 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,075 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-144 b goes round its star every 5.89 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,075 K
Mass1.154 solar masses
Radius1.235 solar radii
Luminosity1.914 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.195
Ageabout 0.94 billion years
Distance from the Sun1255.4 light-years (384.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 281.9156°, Dec 42.7756°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-144 b5.89 days0.0660 AU1.33 R⊕2.33 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-144 c10.1 days0.0940 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 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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