Kepler-237

Planetary system · 2145.5 light-years away

Kepler-237 is 2,146 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,861 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-237 b goes round its star every 4.72 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,861 K
Mass0.696 solar masses
Radius0.725 solar radii
Luminosity0.3331 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.689
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun2145.5 light-years (657.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.2213°, Dec 40.4218°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-237 b4.72 days0.0500 AU1.41 R⊕2.57 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-237 c8.10 days0.0710 AU2.08 R⊕4.98 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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