Kepler-65

Planetary system · 990.6 light-years away · also TYC 3125-976-1

Kepler-65 is 991 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,211 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-65 b goes round its star every 2.15 days, 41 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,211 K
Mass1.25 solar masses
Radius1.41 solar radii
Luminosity2.934 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude10.922
Ageabout 2.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun990.6 light-years (303.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.6887°, Dec 41.1511°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-65 b2.15 days0.0350 AU1.42 R⊕2.4 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-65 c5.86 days0.0680 AU2.58 R⊕5.4 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-65 d8.13 days0.0840 AU1.52 R⊕4.14 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-65 e258.8 days0.854 AU13.9 R⊕ estimated260 M⊕Radial Velocity, 2019

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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