Kepler-276

Planetary system · 3734.0 light-years away

Kepler-276 is 3,734 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,105 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-276 b goes round its star every 14.1 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,105 K
Mass0.845 solar masses
Radius1.046 solar radii
Luminosity0.8138 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.481
Ageabout 0.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun3734.0 light-years (1144.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.5682°, Dec 39.0363°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-276 b14.1 days0.119 AU2.87 R⊕731.21 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-276 c31.9 days0.186 AU2.9 R⊕16.6 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-276 d48.6 days0.247 AU2.8 R⊕16.3 M⊕Transit, 2013

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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