Kepler-147

Planetary system · 3398.6 light-years away

Kepler-147 is 3,399 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,012 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-147 b goes round its star every 12.6 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,012 K
Mass1.145 solar masses
Radius1.468 solar radii
Luminosity2.675 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.134
Ageabout 5.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun3398.6 light-years (1042.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.9757°, Dec 39.0872°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-147 b12.6 days0.113 AU1.53 R⊕2.96 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-147 c33.4 days0.216 AU2.43 R⊕6.48 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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