KOI-142

Planetary system · 1229.2 light-years away · also Kepler-88

KOI-142 is 1,229 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this G star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

KOI-142 b goes round its star every 10.9 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,466 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius0.897 solar radii
Luminosity0.6838 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.209
Ageabout 1.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun1229.2 light-years (376.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.1481°, Dec 40.6694°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KOI-142 b10.9 days0.0959 AU3.438 R⊕9.5 M⊕Transit, 2013
KOI-142 c22.3 days0.154 AU14 R⊕ estimated214.1 M⊕Transit Timing Variations, 2013
Kepler-88 d3.8 years2.466 AU13.1 R⊕ estimated965.15 M⊕ estimatedRadial Velocity, 2020

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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