Kepler-51 d · Asteria Star

Scientific overview

Kepler-51 d is a gas giant orbiting Kepler-51, completing an orbit every 130 days, about 2557 light-years from Earth. It was discovered in 2014 using the transit method.

Host star

Kepler-51

Temperature

6,018 K

Mass

1.04 M☉

Planetary system — Kepler-51 system

View the Kepler-51 system (4 known planets).

Planet	Class	Radius (R⊕)	Period (d)	Distance (ly)
Kepler-51 bTransit · 2012	Gas giant	7.1	45.154	2557
Kepler-51 cTransit · 2012	Gas giant	9	85.312	2557
Kepler-51 dTransit · 2014	Gas giant	9.7	130	2557
Kepler-51 eTransit Timing Variations · 2024	Super-Earth	2.18	264	2557

Discovery and detection

Detection method

Transit Method

Discovery year

2014

Discovered at

Kepler Space Telescope

Knowledge connections

OrbitsKepler-51
Member of systemKepler-51 system
Discovered by methodTransit Method
Discovered by missionKepler Space Telescope
Catalogued inNASA Exoplanet Archive

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