Kepler-233

Planetary system · 2793.3 light-years away

Kepler-233 is 2,793 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,360 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-233 b goes round its star every 8.47 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,360 K
Mass0.855 solar masses
Radius0.758 solar radii
Luminosity0.4704 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.477
Ageabout 0.6 billion years
Distance from the Sun2793.3 light-years (856.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.3665°, Dec 51.3195°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-233 b8.47 days0.0770 AU2.43 R⊕6.48 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-233 c60.4 days0.287 AU2.71 R⊕7.8 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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