Kepler-29

Planetary system · 2715.4 light-years away

Kepler-29 is 2,715 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,378 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-29 b goes round its star every 10.3 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,378 K
Mass0.761 solar masses
Radius0.732 solar radii
Luminosity0.5048 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.547
Ageabout 0.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun2715.4 light-years (832.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.3484°, Dec 47.4913°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-29 b10.3 days0.0848 AU2.55 R⊕5 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-29 c13.3 days0.100 AU2.34 R⊕4.5 M⊕Transit, 2011

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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