Kepler-234

Planetary system · 5652.6 light-years away

Kepler-234 is 5,653 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,224 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-234 b goes round its star every 2.71 days, 32 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,224 K
Mass1.129 solar masses
Radius1.113 solar radii
Luminosity1.736 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.747
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun5652.6 light-years (1733.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6535°, Dec 38.4947°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-234 b2.71 days0.0400 AU3.7 R⊕13.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-234 c7.21 days0.0770 AU3.51 R⊕12.1 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.

Sources

Privacy