Kepler-148

Planetary system · 2580.4 light-years away

Kepler-148 is 2,580 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,272 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-148 b goes round its star every 41.5 hours, 51 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,272 K
Mass0.86 solar masses
Radius0.851 solar radii
Luminosity0.4136 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.398
Ageabout 11.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun2580.4 light-years (791.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.7862°, Dec 46.8588°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-148 b41.5 hours0.0280 AU1.8 R⊕3.89 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-148 c4.18 days0.0500 AU3.6 R⊕12.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-148 d51.8 days0.261 AU8.68 R⊕56.3 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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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