Kepler-1859

Planetary system · 4342.0 light-years away

Kepler-1859 is 4,342 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,887 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1859 b goes round its star every 2.73 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,887 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius1.235 solar radii
Luminosity1.427 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.178
Ageabout 2.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun4342.0 light-years (1331.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.9887°, Dec 46.7180°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1859 b2.73 days0.0394 AU1.5831 R⊕3.13 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-1859 c3.60 days0.0473 AU1.66 R⊕3.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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