Kepler-159

Planetary system · 1219.0 light-years away

Kepler-159 is 1,219 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-159 b goes round its star every 10.1 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,625 K
Mass0.628 solar masses
Radius0.663 solar radii
Luminosity0.176 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.386
Ageabout 2.51 billion years
Distance from the Sun1219.0 light-years (373.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.0702°, Dec 40.8687°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-159 b10.1 days0.0820 AU2.38 R⊕6.26 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-159 c43.6 days0.218 AU3.41 R⊕11.5 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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