Kepler-229

Planetary system · 2694.9 light-years away

Kepler-229 is 2,695 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,120 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-229 b goes round its star every 6.25 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,120 K
Mass0.808 solar masses
Radius0.728 solar radii
Luminosity0.2898 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.22
Ageabout 2.04 billion years
Distance from the Sun2694.9 light-years (826.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.9995°, Dec 48.3758°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-229 b6.25 days0.0620 AU2.2 R⊕5.48 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-229 c16.1 days0.117 AU4.92 R⊕21.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-229 d41.2 days0.220 AU3.85 R⊕14.2 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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