Kepler-5

Planetary system · 2934.7 light-years away

Kepler-5 is 2,935 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 6,297 K star; the first was found in 2009 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-5 b goes round its star every 3.55 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,297 K
Mass1.374 solar masses
Radius1.793 solar radii
Luminosity4.492 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.325
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun2934.7 light-years (899.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.4070°, Dec 44.0350°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-5 b3.55 days0.0538 AU15.984 R⊕670.94 M⊕Transit, 2009

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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