Kepler-286

Planetary system · 4001.4 light-years away

Kepler-286 is 4,001 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,580 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-286 b goes round its star every 43.1 hours, 49 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,580 K
Mass0.83 solar masses
Radius0.863 solar radii
Luminosity0.7652 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.863
Ageabout 2.75 billion years
Distance from the Sun4001.4 light-years (1226.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.6762°, Dec 48.2942°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-286 b43.1 hours0.0270 AU1.24 R⊕2.07 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-286 c3.47 days0.0420 AU1.37 R⊕2.45 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-286 d5.91 days0.0610 AU1.33 R⊕2.33 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-286 e29.2 days0.176 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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