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Kepler-25

Kepler-25 is a star in the northern constellation of Lyra. It is slightly larger and more massive than the Sun, with a luminosity 21⁄2 times that of the Sun. With an apparent visual magnitude of 10.6, this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.

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Kepler-25
Observation data
Epoch J2000      Equinox J2000
Constellation Lyra1
Right ascension 19h 06m 33.2141s2
Declination +39° 29′ 16.359″2
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.623±0.0533
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage main sequence2
Spectral type F4
Apparent magnitude (B) 11.337±0.0163
Variable type Planetary transit variable
Astrometry
Proper motion (μ) RA: −0.303(14) mas/yr2
Dec.: 6.109(13) mas/yr2
Parallax (π)4.1456±0.0113 mas2
Distance787 ± 2 ly
(241.2 ± 0.7 pc)
Details
Mass1.159+0.040
−0.051
5 M
Radius1.297±0.0155 R
Luminosity2.406+0.126
−0.128
5 L
Surface gravity (log g)4.275+0.007
−0.008
5 cgs
Temperature6270±796 K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.05±0.106 dex
Rotation23.147±0.039 days7
Rotational velocity (v sin i)9.58 km/s
Age3.45+0.81
−0.72
5 Gyr
Other designations
KOI-244, KIC 4349452, TYC 3124-1264-1, 2MASS J19063321+3929164, Gaia DR2 21004516301050411529
Database references
SIMBADdata
Exoplanet Archivedata
KICdata

Kepler-25 is a star in the northern constellation of Lyra.1 It is slightly larger and more massive than the Sun, with a luminosity 212 times that of the Sun.5 With an apparent visual magnitude of 10.6,3 this star is too faint to be seen with the naked eye.

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Planetary system

In 2011, two candidate planets were found transiting this star by the Kepler space telescope.10 These planets are very close to yet not lie in the 1:2 orbital resonance to each other, indicating the absence of other planetary objects in the inner part of the planetary systems.11 These planets were confirmed through transit-timing variation method.12 A third planet was discovered through follow-up radial velocity measurements and was confirmed in January 2014.8

The plane of planetary orbits is well aligned with the equatorial plane of the star, misalignment angle equal to 7±13

The Kepler-25 planetary system144
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination
(°)
Radius
b 8.7+2.5
−2.3
 M🜨
0.068 6.238297±0.000017 0.0029+0.0023
−0.0017
92.827+0.084
−0.083
2.748+0.038
−0.035
 R🜨
c 15.2+1.3
−1.6
 M🜨
0.11 12.7207±0.0001 0.0061+0.0049
−0.0041
92.764+0.042
−0.039
5.217+0.070
−0.065
 R🜨
d 71.9±9.8 M🜨 122.4+0.0
−0.7
0.13+0.13
−0.09
References

References

  1. Roman, Nancy G. (1987). "Identification of a constellation from a position". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 99 (617): 695. Bibcode:1987PASP...99..695R. doi:10.1086/132034. Constellation record for this object at VizieR.
  2. Vallenari, A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (2023). "Gaia Data Release 3. Summary of the content and survey properties". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 674: A1. arXiv:2208.00211. Bibcode:2023A&A...674A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202243940. S2CID 244398875. Gaia DR3 record for this source at VizieR.
  3. Henden, A. A.; et al. (2016). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: AAVSO Photometric All Sky Survey (APASS) DR9 (Henden+, 2016)". VizieR On-line Data Catalog: II/336. Originally Published in: 2015AAS...22533616H. 2336. Bibcode:2016yCat.2336....0H. Vizier catalog entry
  4. Schneider, Jean, "Star: Kepler-25", Extrasolar Planets Encyclopaedia, archived from the original on 2012-06-16, retrieved 2013-12-18
  5. Silva Aguirre, V.; et al. (2015). "Ages and fundamental properties of Kepler exoplanet host stars from asteroseismology". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 452 (2): 2127–2148. arXiv:1504.07992. Bibcode:2015MNRAS.452.2127S. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv1388.
  6. Huber, Daniel; et al. (2013). "Fundamental Properties of Kepler Planet-candidate Host Stars using Asteroseismology". The Astrophysical Journal. 767 (2). 127. arXiv:1302.2624. Bibcode:2013ApJ...767..127H. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/767/2/127.
  7. McQuillan, A.; Mazeh, T.; Aigrain, S. (2013). "Stellar Rotation Periods of The Kepler objects of Interest: A Dearth of Close-In Planets Around Fast Rotators". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 775 (1). L11. arXiv:1308.1845. Bibcode:2013ApJ...775L..11M. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/775/1/L11.
  8. Marcy, Geoffrey W.; et al. (2014). "Masses, Radii, and Orbits of Small Kepler Planets: The Transition from Gaseous to Rocky Planets". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 210 (2). 20. arXiv:1401.4195. Bibcode:2014ApJS..210...20M. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/210/2/20.
  9. "Kepler-25". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  10. Borucki, William J.; et al. (2011). "Characteristics of Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the First Four Months of Data". The Astrophysical Journal. 736 (1). 19. arXiv:1102.0541. Bibcode:2011ApJ...736...19B. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/736/1/19.
  11. Migaszewski, Cezary; Gozdziewski, Krzysztof (2018), "A periodic configuration of the Kepler-25 planetary system?", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 480 (2): 1767–1777, arXiv:1803.10285, doi:10.1093/mnras/sty1972, S2CID 55395774
  12. Steffen, Jason H.; et al. (2012). "Transit timing observations from Kepler - III. Confirmation of four multiple planet systems by a Fourier-domain study of anticorrelated transit timing variations". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 421 (3): 2342–2354. arXiv:1201.5412. Bibcode:2012MNRAS.421.2342S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20467.x.
  13. Albrecht, Simon; Winn, Joshua N.; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard; Johnson, John A. (2013), "Low Stellar Obliquities in Compact Multiplanet Systems", The Astrophysical Journal, 771 (1): 11, arXiv:1302.4443, Bibcode:2013ApJ...771...11A, doi:10.1088/0004-637X/771/1/11, S2CID 17247029
  14. Mills, Sean M.; et al. (2019). "Long-period Giant Companions to Three Compact, Multiplanet Systems". The Astronomical Journal. 157 (4). 145. arXiv:1903.07186. Bibcode:2019AJ....157..145M. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/ab0899.