Kepler-45

Planetary system · 1245.8 light-years away

Kepler-45 is 1,246 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this M star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-45 b goes round its star every 2.46 days, 36 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM
Surface temperature3,820 K
Mass0.59 solar masses
Radius0.55 solar radii
Luminosity0.053 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.744
Ageabout 0.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun1245.8 light-years (382.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.8729°, Dec 41.0642°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-45 b2.46 days0.0300 AU10.76 R⊕160.5 M⊕Transit, 2011

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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