Kepler-975

Planetary system · 1389.7 light-years away

Kepler-975 is 1,390 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,897 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-975 b goes round its star every 47.3 hours, 45 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,897 K
Mass0.8 solar masses
Radius0.75 solar radii
Luminosity0.3077 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.633
Ageabout 3.89 billion years
Distance from the Sun1389.7 light-years (426.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.5485°, Dec 38.4952°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-975 b47.3 hours0.0290 AU1.48 R⊕2.79 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-975 c5.06 days0.0567 AU10.69 R⊕80.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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