Kepler-285

Planetary system · 2688.5 light-years away

Kepler-285 is 2,689 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,411 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-285 b goes round its star every 2.63 days, 33 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,411 K
Mass0.915 solar masses
Radius0.808 solar radii
Luminosity0.5257 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.198
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun2688.5 light-years (824.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.3908°, Dec 48.0655°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-285 b2.63 days0.0360 AU1.34 R⊕2.36 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-285 c6.19 days0.0640 AU1.12 R⊕1.46 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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