Kepler-294

Planetary system · 4426.0 light-years away

Kepler-294 is 4,426 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,913 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-294 b goes round its star every 3.70 days, 24 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,913 K
Mass0.947 solar masses
Radius0.976 solar radii
Luminosity0.712 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.948
Ageabout 3.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun4426.0 light-years (1357.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.3920°, Dec 46.0593°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-294 b3.70 days0.0480 AU1.77 R⊕3.78 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-294 c6.63 days0.0710 AU2.71 R⊕7.8 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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