Kepler-290

Planetary system · 2265.6 light-years away

Kepler-290 is 2,266 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,147 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-290 d goes round its star every 18.3 hours, 115 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,147 K
Mass0.756 solar masses
Radius0.743 solar radii
Luminosity0.2595 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.775
Ageabout 1.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun2265.6 light-years (694.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.4100°, Dec 42.6815°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-290 d18.3 hours0.0154 AU0.86 R⊕0.566 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-290 b14.6 days0.110 AU2.25 R⊕5.69 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-290 c36.8 days0.205 AU2.7 R⊕7.75 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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