Kepler-282

Planetary system · 4362.7 light-years away

Kepler-282 is 4,363 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,602 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-282 b goes round its star every 9.22 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,602 K
Mass0.86 solar masses
Radius0.904 solar radii
Luminosity1.276 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.444
Ageabout 12.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun4362.7 light-years (1337.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.6772°, Dec 44.7976°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-282 b9.22 days0.0820 AU1.01 R⊕1.01 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-282 c13.6 days0.106 AU1.2 R⊕1.87 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-282 d24.8 days0.158 AU2.46 R⊕61 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-282 e44.3 days0.233 AU3.1 R⊕56.2 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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