Kepler-149

Planetary system · 1862.5 light-years away

Kepler-149 is 1,863 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,381 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-149 b goes round its star every 29.2 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,381 K
Mass1.013 solar masses
Radius0.953 solar radii
Luminosity0.7598 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.152
Ageabout 14 billion years
Distance from the Sun1862.5 light-years (571.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.8537°, Dec 38.3841°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-149 b29.2 days0.184 AU4.21 R⊕16.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-149 c55.3 days0.281 AU1.61 R⊕3.22 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-149 d160.0 days0.571 AU3.96 R⊕14.9 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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