Kepler-272

Planetary system · 2901.5 light-years away

Kepler-272 is 2,902 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,297 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-272 b goes round its star every 2.97 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,297 K
Mass0.91 solar masses
Radius0.929 solar radii
Luminosity1.165 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.811
Ageabout 13.18 billion years
Distance from the Sun2901.5 light-years (889.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.1275°, Dec 47.5938°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-272 b2.97 days0.0380 AU1.43 R⊕78 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-272 c6.06 days0.0610 AU1.79 R⊕97.8 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-272 d10.9 days0.0910 AU2.25 R⊕5.69 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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