Kepler-258

Planetary system · 1878.6 light-years away

Kepler-258 is 1,879 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,942 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-258 b goes round its star every 13.2 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,942 K
Mass0.82 solar masses
Radius0.915 solar radii
Luminosity0.2658 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.49
Ageabout 13.7 billion years
Distance from the Sun1878.6 light-years (576.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.0684°, Dec 46.5791°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-258 b13.2 days0.103 AU4.06 R⊕15.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-258 c33.7 days0.193 AU3.61 R⊕12.7 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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