Kepler-2000

Planetary system · 1045.6 light-years away

Kepler-2000 is 1,046 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 3,757 K star; the first was found in 2023 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-2000 b goes round its star every 6.38 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature3,757 K
Mass0.581 solar masses
Radius0.576 solar radii
Luminosity0.08857 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.642
Ageabout 6 billion years
Distance from the Sun1045.6 light-years (320.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.5743°, Dec 49.9621°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-2000 b6.38 days0.0562 AU2.73 R⊕7.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-2000 c20.6 days0.123 AU1.57 R⊕3.09 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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