Kepler-132

Planetary system · 1140.1 light-years away

Kepler-132 is 1,140 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,003 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-132 b goes round its star every 6.18 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-132 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-132 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature6,003 K
Mass0.929 solar masses
Radius1.178 solar radii
Luminosity1.626 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.922
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun1140.1 light-years (349.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.2358°, Dec 41.3430°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-132 b6.18 days0.0670 AU1.21 R⊕1.92 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-132 c6.41 days0.0680 AU1.28 R⊕2.18 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-132 d18.0 days0.136 AU1.55 R⊕3.02 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-132 e110.3 days0.439 AU1.18 R⊕1.76 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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 6,003 K, 1.6 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.20 to 2.10 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 1,140 years ago, around AD 890.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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