Kepler-150

Planetary system · 2906.4 light-years away

Kepler-150 is 2,906 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this 5,560 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-150 b goes round its star every 3.43 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,560 K
Mass0.956 solar masses
Radius0.939 solar radii
Luminosity0.6896 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.161
Ageabout 1.74 billion years
Distance from the Sun2906.4 light-years (891.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.2341°, Dec 40.5209°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-150 b3.43 days0.0440 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-150 c7.38 days0.0730 AU3.69 R⊕13.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-150 d12.6 days0.104 AU2.79 R⊕8.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-150 e30.8 days0.189 AU3.12 R⊕9.91 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-150 f637.2 days1.240 AU3.64 R⊕12.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2017

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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