Kepler-250

Planetary system · 2480.7 light-years away

Kepler-250 is 2,481 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,160 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-250 b goes round its star every 4.15 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,160 K
Mass0.806 solar masses
Radius0.805 solar radii
Luminosity0.3491 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.819
Ageabout 13.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun2480.7 light-years (760.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.5948°, Dec 44.1418°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-250 b4.15 days0.0480 AU1.13 R⊕1.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-250 c7.16 days0.0690 AU2.28 R⊕5.82 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-250 d17.6 days0.127 AU2.18 R⊕5.39 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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