Kepler-155

Planetary system · 957.3 light-years away

Kepler-155 is 957 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-155 b goes round its star every 5.93 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,508 K
Mass0.635 solar masses
Radius0.62 solar radii
Luminosity0.06166 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.654
Ageabout 2.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun957.3 light-years (293.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.4958°, Dec 51.0819°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-155 b5.93 days0.0560 AU2.09 R⊕5.02 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-155 c52.7 days0.242 AU2.24 R⊕5.65 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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