Kepler-85

Planetary system · 2495.2 light-years away

Kepler-85 is 2,495 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,505 K star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-85 b goes round its star every 8.30 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,505 K
Mass0.928 solar masses
Radius0.875 solar radii
Luminosity0.6133 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.89
Ageabout 1.38 billion years
Distance from the Sun2495.2 light-years (765.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.9734°, Dec 45.2903°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-85 b8.30 days0.0789 AU1.778 R⊕1.84 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-85 c12.5 days0.104 AU1.978 R⊕2.15 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-85 d17.9 days0.130 AU1.2 R⊕8.6968 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-85 e25.2 days0.163 AU1.27 R⊕0.6 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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