Kepler-293

Planetary system · 3178.8 light-years away

Kepler-293 is 3,179 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,804 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-293 b goes round its star every 19.3 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,804 K
Mass0.934 solar masses
Radius0.957 solar radii
Luminosity0.5853 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.452
Ageabout 1.32 billion years
Distance from the Sun3178.8 light-years (974.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.3581°, Dec 42.4065°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-293 b19.3 days0.144 AU3.07 R⊕9.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-293 c54.2 days0.286 AU3.83 R⊕14 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.

Sources

Privacy