Kepler-239

Planetary system · 2113.8 light-years away

Kepler-239 is 2,114 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,914 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-239 b goes round its star every 11.8 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,914 K
Mass0.757 solar masses
Radius0.763 solar radii
Luminosity0.3351 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.252
Ageabout 3.31 billion years
Distance from the Sun2113.8 light-years (648.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.2021°, Dec 40.6633°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-239 b11.8 days0.0950 AU2.33 R⊕6.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-239 c56.2 days0.268 AU2.51 R⊕6.85 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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