Kepler-146

Planetary system · 2337.9 light-years away

Kepler-146 is 2,338 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,948 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-146 b goes round its star every 31.2 days, 2.8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,948 K
Mass1.079 solar masses
Radius1.208 solar radii
Luminosity1.406 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.921
Ageabout 0.91 billion years
Distance from the Sun2337.9 light-years (716.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.1108°, Dec 38.7102°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-146 b31.2 days0.200 AU3.71 R⊕13.3 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-146 c76.7 days0.364 AU3.13 R⊕9.96 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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