Kepler-169

Planetary system · 1325.9 light-years away

Kepler-169 is 1,326 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this 4,997 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-169 b goes round its star every 3.25 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,997 K
Mass0.825 solar masses
Radius0.763 solar radii
Luminosity0.3191 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.424
Ageabout 0.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun1325.9 light-years (406.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.9999°, Dec 40.9194°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-169 b3.25 days0.0400 AU1.13 R⊕1.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-169 c6.20 days0.0620 AU1.21 R⊕1.92 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-169 d8.35 days0.0750 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-169 e13.8 days0.105 AU2.2 R⊕5.48 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-169 f87.1 days0.359 AU2.58 R⊕7.18 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.

Sources

Privacy