Kepler-203

Planetary system · 2293.9 light-years away

Kepler-203 is 2,294 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,821 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-203 b goes round its star every 3.16 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,821 K
Mass1.06 solar masses
Radius1.114 solar radii
Luminosity1.241 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.14
Ageabout 1.78 billion years
Distance from the Sun2293.9 light-years (703.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.0900°, Dec 41.3881°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-203 b3.16 days0.0430 AU2.57 R⊕7.13 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-203 c5.37 days0.0610 AU2.47 R⊕749.9 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-203 d11.3 days0.100 AU1.44 R⊕33.9 M⊕Transit, 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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