Kepler-174

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Kepler-174
Observation data
Epoch J2000        Equinox J2000
Constellation Lyra [1]
Right ascension 19h 09m 45.40270s [2]
Declination +43° 49 55.4994 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)14.530±0.057 [3]
Characteristics
Evolutionary stage Main sequence
Spectral type K
Apparent magnitude  (G)14.274±0.003 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (J)12.791±0.021 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (H)12.293±0.021 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (K)12.184±0.018 [4]
Astrometry
Radial velocity (Rv)−101.06±3.94 [2]  km/s
Proper motion (μ)RA: −38.959±0.016  mas/yr [2]
Dec.: −18.117±0.017  mas/yr [2]
Parallax (π)2.6013 ± 0.0142  mas [2]
Distance 1,254 ± 7  ly
(384 ± 2  pc)
Details [3]
Mass 0.710+0.041
−0.036
  M
Radius 0.680+0.032
−0.028
  R
Surface gravity (log g)4.630+0.024
−0.030
  cgs
Temperature 4724.0±25.0  K
Metallicity [Fe/H]−0.360±0.124  dex
Age 4.900+5.260
−3.140
  Gyr
Other designations
Kepler-174, KOI-518, KIC  8017703, TIC  158434144, 2MASS J19094540+4349555 [4]
Database references
SIMBAD data

Kepler-174 is a K-type main-sequence star located in the Milky Way galaxy at a distance of about 1,254 light-years (384 parsecs ) away from the Sun. It is located inside the boundaries of the Lyra constellation, but it is too dim to be visible to the unaided eye and is not part of the main outline.

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Planetary system

Kepler-174 has three confirmed super-Earth planets orbiting it, Kepler-174b, Kepler-174c and Kepler-174d, discovered by the Kepler space telescope using the transit method. The discovery of all three planets was announced in 2014 by a team led by Jason F. Rowe, as part of a study validating hundreds of Kepler planets. [5] Kepler-174d is notable as it is within the star's habitable zone, meaning it is potentially habitable. [6] [7]

The Kepler-174 planetary system [5] [3]
Companion
(in order from star)
Mass Semimajor axis
(AU)
Orbital period
(days)
Eccentricity Inclination Radius
b0.10013.981790±0.0000241.96±0.11  R🜨
c0.21444.000529±0.0002651.49±0.09  R🜨
d0.677247.353730±0.0020012.19±0.13  R🜨
Kepler-174 habitable zone shown Habitable zone.png
Kepler-174 habitable zone shown

The planet Kepler-174d is mentioned in the Star Trek: Discovery episode, Terra Firma, Part 1. [8] in which it is inhabited and is referred to as "quite beautiful".

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kepler-1638</span> G-type star in the constellation Cygnus

Kepler-1638 is a G-type main-sequence star located about 5,000 light years away in the constellation of Cygnus. One known exoplanet has been found orbiting the star: Kepler-1638b. This planet may be a potentially habitable super-Earth. As of January 2021, Kepler-1638 is the farthest star with a known potentially habitable exoplanet.

Kepler-167 is a K-type main-sequence star located about 1,119 light-years (343 pc) away from the Solar System in the constellation of Cygnus. The star has about 78% the mass and 75% the radius of the Sun, and a temperature of 4,884 K. It hosts a system of four known exoplanets. There is also a companion red dwarf star at a separation of about 700 AU, with an estimated orbital period of over 15,000 years.

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