Kepler-230

Planetary system · 2416.0 light-years away

Kepler-230 is 2,416 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,588 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-230 b goes round its star every 32.6 days, 2.7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,588 K
Mass0.784 solar masses
Radius0.817 solar radii
Luminosity0.4287 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.264
Ageabout 1.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun2416.0 light-years (740.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.7186°, Dec 48.5058°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-230 b32.6 days0.191 AU4.26 R⊕16.8 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-230 c91.8 days0.380 AU2.04 R⊕4.82 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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