Kepler-57

Planetary system · 2100.9 light-years away

Kepler-57 is 2,101 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,188 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-57 b goes round its star every 5.72 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,188 K
Mass0.859 solar masses
Radius0.826 solar radii
Luminosity0.4546 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.017
Ageabout 3.31 billion years
Distance from the Sun2100.9 light-years (644.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.6413°, Dec 44.6571°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-57 b5.72 days0.0599 AU3.135 R⊕25.06 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-57 c11.6 days0.0959 AU2.196 R⊕6.86 M⊕Transit, 2012

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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