Kepler-151

Planetary system · 2119.8 light-years away

Kepler-151 is 2,120 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,460 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-151 b goes round its star every 15.2 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,460 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.83 solar radii
Luminosity0.4633 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.957
Ageabout 4.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun2119.8 light-years (649.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.1628°, Dec 41.0232°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-151 b15.2 days0.116 AU3.06 R⊕9.59 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-151 c24.7 days0.160 AU2.09 R⊕5.02 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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