Kepler-37

Planetary system · 208.5 light-years away · also TYC 3131-1199-1

Kepler-37 is 208 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,357 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-37 b goes round its star every 13.4 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,357 K
Mass0.79 solar masses
Radius0.789 solar radii
Luminosity0.4766 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.77
Ageabout 7.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun208.5 light-years (63.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.0593°, Dec 44.5184°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-37 b13.4 days0.102 AU0.3098 R⊕0.79 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-37 c21.3 days0.139 AU0.755 R⊕1.3 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-37 d39.8 days0.211 AU2.03 R⊕2 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-37 e51.2 days0.250 AU0.37 R⊕8.1 M⊕ minimumTransit, 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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