Kepler-1542

Planetary system · 1301.7 light-years away

Kepler-1542 is 1,302 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,564 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1542 c goes round its star every 2.89 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,564 K
Mass0.94 solar masses
Radius0.99 solar radii
Luminosity1.176 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.734
Ageabout 8.51 billion years
Distance from the Sun1301.7 light-years (399.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.7285°, Dec 42.6545°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1542 c2.89 days0.0387 AU0.65 R⊕0.208 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1542 b3.95 days0.0476 AU0.76 R⊕0.363 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1542 e5.10 days0.0565 AU0.76 R⊕0.363 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-1542 d5.99 days0.0629 AU0.87 R⊕0.59 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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