Kepler-185

Planetary system · 1522.3 light-years away

Kepler-185 is 1,522 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,208 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-185 b goes round its star every 39.2 hours, 54 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,208 K
Mass0.763 solar masses
Radius0.806 solar radii
Luminosity0.313 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.562
Ageabout 11.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1522.3 light-years (466.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.4682°, Dec 43.8899°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-185 b39.2 hours0.0260 AU1.17 R⊕1.71 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-185 c20.7 days0.139 AU2.02 R⊕4.74 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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