Kepler-240

Planetary system · 2436.2 light-years away

Kepler-240 is 2,436 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,985 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-240 b goes round its star every 4.14 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,985 K
Mass0.868 solar masses
Radius0.739 solar radii
Luminosity0.2995 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.953
Ageabout 1.91 billion years
Distance from the Sun2436.2 light-years (746.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.1588°, Dec 40.7502°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-240 b4.14 days0.0480 AU1.37 R⊕2.45 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-240 c7.95 days0.0740 AU2.2 R⊕102.3 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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