Kepler-24

Planetary system · 3773.0 light-years away

Kepler-24 is 3,773 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,028 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-24 d goes round its star every 4.24 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,028 K
Mass1.06 solar masses
Radius1.099 solar radii
Luminosity1.159 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.04
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun3773.0 light-years (1156.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.4133°, Dec 38.3437°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-24 d4.24 days0.0510 AU1.67 R⊕293.96 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-24 b8.14 days0.0804 AU2.348 R⊕11.14 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-24 c12.3 days0.106 AU2.514 R⊕9.99 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-24 e19.0 days0.138 AU2.78 R⊕26.212 M⊕Transit, 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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