Kepler-266

Planetary system · 4470.9 light-years away

Kepler-266 is 4,471 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,885 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-266 b goes round its star every 6.62 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,885 K
Mass0.947 solar masses
Radius1.028 solar radii
Luminosity1.027 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.787
Ageabout 4.79 billion years
Distance from the Sun4470.9 light-years (1370.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.4844°, Dec 44.1669°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-266 b6.62 days0.0710 AU2.48 R⊕6.71 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-266 c107.7 days0.457 AU3.89 R⊕14.4 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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