Kepler-425

Planetary system · 2109.1 light-years away

Kepler-425 is 2,109 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K1 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-425 b goes round its star every 3.80 days, 23 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK1 V
Surface temperature5,170 K
Mass0.93 solar masses
Radius0.86 solar radii
Luminosity0.4753 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.845
Ageabout 5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2109.1 light-years (646.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.3580°, Dec 40.5677°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-425 b3.80 days0.0464 AU10.962 R⊕79.45 M⊕Transit, 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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