Kepler-238

Planetary system · 5866.7 light-years away

Kepler-238 is 5,867 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 5 planets around this 5,751 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-238 b goes round its star every 2.09 days, 42 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,751 K
Mass1.229 solar masses
Radius1.43 solar radii
Luminosity2.695 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.297
Ageabout 4.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun5866.7 light-years (1798.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.8971°, Dec 40.6378°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (5)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-238 b2.09 days0.0340 AU1.73 R⊕3305 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-238 c6.16 days0.0690 AU2.39 R⊕152.52 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-238 d13.2 days0.115 AU3.07 R⊕23.1 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-238 e23.7 days0.173 AU5.6 R⊕169.7 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-238 f50.4 days0.286 AU2 R⊕13.5 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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