Kepler-495

Planetary system · 2149.1 light-years away

Kepler-495 is 2,149 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,346 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-495 b goes round its star every 3.41 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,346 K
Mass0.86 solar masses
Radius0.83 solar radii
Luminosity0.5788 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.942
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun2149.1 light-years (658.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.9307°, Dec 39.0981°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-495 b3.41 days0.0427 AU5.23 R⊕23.8 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-495 c5.90 days0.0614 AU1.2194 R⊕1.98 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021

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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