Kepler-25

Planetary system · 793.4 light-years away

Kepler-25 is 793 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this F8 star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-25 b goes round its star every 6.24 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-25 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-25 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Spectral typeF8
Surface temperature6,354 K
Mass1.165 solar masses
Radius1.316 solar radii
Luminosity2.64 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.769
Ageabout 2.75 billion years
Distance from the Sun793.4 light-years (243.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.6384°, Dec 39.4879°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-25 b6.24 days0.0695 AU2.748 R⊕8.7 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-25 c12.7 days0.112 AU5.217 R⊕15.2 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-25 d122.4 days0.416 AU10 R⊕ estimated71.9 M⊕Radial Velocity, 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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