Kepler-26

Planetary system · 1093.6 light-years away

Kepler-26 is 1,094 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-26 d goes round its star every 3.54 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature3,914 K
Mass0.544 solar masses
Radius0.512 solar radii
Luminosity0.087 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.853
Ageabout 2.95 billion years
Distance from the Sun1093.6 light-years (335.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.9411°, Dec 46.5665°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-26 d3.54 days0.0390 AU1.07 R⊕1.24 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-26 b12.3 days0.0855 AU2.78 R⊕5.12 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-26 c17.3 days0.107 AU2.72 R⊕6.2 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-26 e46.8 days0.220 AU2.41 R⊕6.39 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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