Kepler-245

Planetary system · 2809.9 light-years away

Kepler-245 is 2,810 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,100 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-245 e goes round its star every 3.22 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,100 K
Mass0.856 solar masses
Radius0.795 solar radii
Luminosity0.402 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.546
Ageabout 3.63 billion years
Distance from the Sun2809.9 light-years (861.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6390°, Dec 42.4363°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-245 e3.22 days0.0405 AU1.75 R⊕1806.4 M⊕Transit, 2016
Kepler-245 b7.49 days0.0710 AU2.57 R⊕146.78 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-245 c17.5 days0.124 AU2.18 R⊕26.7 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-245 d36.3 days0.202 AU3.03 R⊕21.6 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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