Kepler-202

Planetary system · 929.9 light-years away

Kepler-202 is 930 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,668 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-202 b goes round its star every 4.07 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,668 K
Mass0.683 solar masses
Radius0.667 solar radii
Luminosity0.2301 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.178
Ageabout 3.24 billion years
Distance from the Sun929.9 light-years (285.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.9735°, Dec 41.3218°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-202 b4.07 days0.0450 AU1.63 R⊕3.29 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-202 c16.3 days0.113 AU1.85 R⊕4.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014

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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