Kepler-165

Planetary system · 1829.4 light-years away

Kepler-165 is 1,829 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,211 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-165 b goes round its star every 8.18 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,211 K
Mass0.746 solar masses
Radius0.77 solar radii
Luminosity0.3371 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.05
Ageabout 10.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun1829.4 light-years (560.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 280.6909°, Dec 47.8097°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-165 b8.18 days0.0720 AU2.32 R⊕5.99 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-165 c15.3 days0.110 AU2.23 R⊕5.6 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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