Kepler-249

Planetary system · 621.0 light-years away

Kepler-249 is 621 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M2 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-249 b goes round its star every 3.31 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM2 V
Surface temperature3,568 K
Mass0.510238 solar masses
Radius0.482 solar radii
Luminosity0.032 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.37
Ageabout 3.86 billion years
Distance from the Sun621.0 light-years (190.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.9853°, Dec 43.6586°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-249 b3.31 days0.0350 AU1.09 R⊕1.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-249 c7.11 days0.0580 AU1.51 R⊕2.89 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-249 d15.4 days0.0970 AU1.57 R⊕3.09 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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