Kepler-174

Planetary system · 1254.9 light-years away

Kepler-174 is 1,255 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,880 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-174 b goes round its star every 14.0 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,880 K
Mass0.602 solar masses
Radius0.622 solar radii
Luminosity0.2689 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.53
Ageabout 4.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1254.9 light-years (384.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.4389°, Dec 43.8320°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-174 b14.0 days0.100 AU1.96 R⊕4.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-174 c44.0 days0.214 AU1.49 R⊕2.83 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-174 d247.4 days0.677 AU2.19 R⊕5.43 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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