Kepler-605

Planetary system · 1815.3 light-years away

Kepler-605 is 1,815 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,462 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-605 c goes round its star every 2.36 days, 37 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,462 K
Mass0.91 solar masses
Radius0.88 solar radii
Luminosity0.5643 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.376
Ageabout 4.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun1815.3 light-years (556.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.2954°, Dec 43.2799°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-605 c2.36 days0.0334 AU0.86 R⊕0.566 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-605 b3.38 days0.0424 AU1.44 R⊕2.67 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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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