Kepler-755

Planetary system · 1301.5 light-years away

Kepler-755 is 1,302 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,043 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-755 b goes round its star every 30.5 hours, 69 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-755 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-755 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature5,043 K
Mass0.82 solar masses
Radius0.77 solar radii
Luminosity0.3494 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.277
Ageabout 4.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1301.5 light-years (399.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.8609°, Dec 41.0973°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-755 b30.5 hours0.0216 AU1.76 R⊕3.75 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-755 c2.85 days0.0370 AU1.26 R⊕2.13 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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