Kepler-225

Planetary system · 1830.1 light-years away

Kepler-225 is 1,830 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-225 b goes round its star every 6.74 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature3,682 K
Mass0.593 solar masses
Radius0.48 solar radii
Luminosity0.101 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.294
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun1830.1 light-years (561.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.1940°, Dec 47.4571°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-225 b6.74 days0.0560 AU1.2 R⊕1.87 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-225 c18.8 days0.111 AU1.84 R⊕4.04 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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