Kepler-232

Planetary system · 4400.3 light-years away

Kepler-232 is 4,400 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,847 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-232 b goes round its star every 4.43 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,847 K
Mass0.97 solar masses
Radius0.968 solar radii
Luminosity1.127 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.565
Ageabout 1.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun4400.3 light-years (1349.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.8162°, Dec 51.1217°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-232 b4.43 days0.0540 AU3.08 R⊕9.69 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-232 c11.4 days0.101 AU3.83 R⊕14 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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