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Kepler-42

Kepler-42 is a cool red dwarf 131 light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 3,068 K, 0.13 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 4.5 billion years. It has 3 known planets.

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Planets
3 
Distance
131 light-years40.1 pc
Star
3,068 K0.17 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-42 c, circles it in 10.9 hours; the outermost, Kepler-42 d, in 1.87 days.

Worlds of Kepler-42

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-42 cEarth-sized 0.73 × Earth10.9 hours720 K
Kepler-42 bEarth-sized 0.78 × Earth1.21 days519 K
Kepler-42 dEarth-sized 0.57 × Earth1.87 days450 K