Kepler-270

Planetary system · 3094.5 light-years away

Kepler-270 is 3,095 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,067 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-270 b goes round its star every 11.5 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,067 K
Mass1.17 solar masses
Radius1.461 solar radii
Luminosity2.052 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.9
Ageabout 2.73 billion years
Distance from the Sun3094.5 light-years (948.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.2001°, Dec 44.4223°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-270 b11.5 days0.107 AU2.01 R⊕4.7 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-270 c25.3 days0.180 AU1.77 R⊕3.78 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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