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Kepler-26 is a star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is located at the celestial coordinates: Right Ascension Declination . With an apparent visual magnitude of 15.5, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. ==Planetary system== The two planets, Kepler-26b and Kepler-26c, were discovered by transit method in late 2011, and classified as small (sub-Neptune) gas giants in 2016. In 2012, the planetary candidate Kepler-26d was also detected, and confirmed in 2014. The planet Kepler-26e was discovered on a much wider orbit in 2014.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Er*
Spectral type
M0V
Distance
1,110 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.00003141002261641823
Coordinates
RA 284.9410° · Dec 46.5665°
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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Lyra
Child body
Kepler-26e
Distance from Earth
338.55
Diameter
841000
Radius
0.51
Mass
0.54
Variable-star type
rotating variable star
Image
Kepler-26.jpg
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effective temperature
3914
Commons category
Kepler-26
catalog code
KIC 9757613
parallax
2.9378
apparent magnitude
15.568
surface gravity
50140
spectral class
M0 V
epoch
J2000.0
metallicity
-0.136
luminosity
0.09268679
right ascension component of proper motion
9.462
declination component of proper motion
-13.942
right ascension
284.94100342596
declination
46.56651047307
radial velocity
9.41634
stellar rotational velocity
5.342
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Kepler-26 is a star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is located at the celestial coordinates: Right Ascension Declination . With an apparent visual magnitude of 15.5, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye. ==Planetary system== The two planets, Kepler-26b and Kepler-26c, were discovered by transit method in late 2011, and classified as small (sub-Neptune) gas giants in 2016. In 2012, the planetary candidate Kepler-26d was also detected, and confirmed in 2014. The planet Kepler-26e was discovered on a much wider orbit in 2014.

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