Kepler-244

Planetary system · 3380.6 light-years away

Kepler-244 is 3,381 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,554 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-244 b goes round its star every 4.31 days, 20 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,554 K
Mass0.933 solar masses
Radius0.803 solar radii
Luminosity0.5544 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.747
Ageabout 2.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun3380.6 light-years (1036.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.2426°, Dec 42.3014°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-244 b4.31 days0.0500 AU2.76 R⊕8.05 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-244 c9.77 days0.0870 AU2.05 R⊕4.86 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-244 d20.1 days0.140 AU2.31 R⊕15.2 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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