Kepler-54

Planetary system · 886.2 light-years away

Kepler-54 is 886 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-54 b goes round its star every 8.01 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature3,705 K
Mass0.51 solar masses
Radius0.5 solar radii
Luminosity0.05 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.282
Ageabout 4.83 billion years
Distance from the Sun886.2 light-years (271.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.7739°, Dec 43.0562°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-54 b8.01 days0.0619 AU2.1 R⊕0.98 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-54 c12.1 days0.0809 AU1.23 R⊕0.7 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-54 d21.0 days0.126 AU1.53 R⊕12.095 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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