Star Kepler-42

Red dwarf Kepler-42 is located 130.8 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star of spectral class M5V, that has 14 of solar mass. There are multiple known exoplanets in this system.

Sun distance
130.8 light years

Kepler-42

Red dwarf (spectral class M5V)

Mass: 0.144 M Sun

Size: 0.175 R Sun | 1.7 R Jupiter

3 exoplanets:

Kepler-42 c	2.1 M⊕	0.01 AU	0.5 days
Kepler-42 b	2.7 M⊕	0.01 AU	1.2 days
Kepler-42 d	0.9 M⊕	0.02 AU	1.9 days

More about Kepler-42

      Star Kepler-42 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere.

Other designations of this star
2MASS J19285255+4437096, KIC 8561063, LSPM J1928+4437, Gaia DR2 2126556132093765888, KOI-961

Class of stars Red dwarf

Red dwarfs are small reddish stars, that are by far the most common type of star in solar neighborhood. Their mass is usually between 10 and 50 % of solar mass.

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