Kepler-264

Planetary system · 3073.0 light-years away

Kepler-264 is 3,073 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,158 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-264 b goes round its star every 40.8 days, 2.2 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,158 K
Mass1.426 solar masses
Radius1.55 solar radii
Luminosity4.888 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.15
Ageabout 2.45 billion years
Distance from the Sun3073.0 light-years (942.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.0446°, Dec 37.3762°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-264 b40.8 days0.249 AU3.33 R⊕11.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-264 c140.1 days0.566 AU2.83 R⊕8.4 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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