Kepler-180

Planetary system · 2268.9 light-years away

Kepler-180 is 2,269 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,731 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-180 b goes round its star every 13.8 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,731 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius1.063 solar radii
Luminosity0.7378 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.488
Ageabout 9.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun2268.9 light-years (695.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.5713°, Dec 49.7745°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-180 b13.8 days0.109 AU1.5 R⊕2.86 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-180 c41.9 days0.229 AU3.01 R⊕9.32 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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