Kepler-157

Planetary system · 2523.5 light-years away

Kepler-157 is 2,524 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,774 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-157 b goes round its star every 41.6 hours, 51 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,774 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius1.044 solar radii
Luminosity1.234 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.206
Ageabout 7.59 billion years
Distance from the Sun2523.5 light-years (773.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.0972°, Dec 38.8756°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-157 b41.6 hours0.0280 AU1.32 R⊕2.3 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-157 d7.03 days0.0706 AU1.46 R⊕2.73 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-157 c13.5 days0.110 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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