Kepler-297

Planetary system · 2257.5 light-years away

Kepler-297 is 2,258 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,619 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-297 b goes round its star every 38.9 days, 2.3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,619 K
Mass0.927 solar masses
Radius0.915 solar radii
Luminosity0.8015 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.326
Ageabout 1.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun2257.5 light-years (692.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.2092°, Dec 48.7776°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-297 b38.9 days0.217 AU2.87 R⊕48.5 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-297 c74.9 days0.336 AU6.54 R⊕42.1 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-297 d150.0 days0.523 AU32.6 R⊕—Transit, 2023

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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