Kepler-252

Planetary system · 1237.5 light-years away

Kepler-252 is 1,238 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-252 b goes round its star every 6.67 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,208 K
Mass0.61 solar masses
Radius0.549 solar radii
Luminosity0.1638 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.406
Ageabout 13.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1237.5 light-years (379.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.5793°, Dec 44.5459°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-252 b6.67 days0.0580 AU1.23 R⊕2.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-252 c10.8 days0.0800 AU2.15 R⊕5.27 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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