Kepler-450

Planetary system · 1487.2 light-years away

Kepler-450 is 1,487 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,197 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-450 d goes round its star every 7.51 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,197 K
Mass1.19 solar masses
Radius1.64162 solar radii
Luminosity3.581 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.991
Ageabout 2.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun1487.2 light-years (456.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.4866°, Dec 51.0135°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-450 d7.51 days0.0827 AU0.837 R⊕17.6 M⊕Transit, 2015
Kepler-450 c15.4 days0.134 AU2.62 R⊕12.5 M⊕Transit, 2015
Kepler-450 b28.5 days0.201 AU6.14 R⊕19.4 M⊕Transit, 2015

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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