Kepler-725

Planetary system · 2473.8 light-years away

Kepler-725 is 2,474 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-725 b goes round its star every 39.6 days, 2.2 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,395 K
Mass0.95 solar masses
Radius0.88 solar radii
Luminosity0.4864 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.145
Ageabout 1.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun2473.8 light-years (758.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.9775°, Dec 44.8116°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-725 b39.6 days0.224 AU10.8 R⊕521.76 M⊕Transit, 2016
Kepler-725 c207.5 days0.674 AU3.08 R⊕ estimated9.7 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 2025

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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