Kepler-299

Planetary system · 3431.9 light-years away

Kepler-299 is 3,432 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,617 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-299 b goes round its star every 2.93 days, 30 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,617 K
Mass1.004 solar masses
Radius1.032 solar radii
Luminosity0.9046 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.232
Ageabout 3.24 billion years
Distance from the Sun3431.9 light-years (1052.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.2070°, Dec 48.5805°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-299 b2.93 days0.0400 AU1.32 R⊕2.3 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-299 c6.89 days0.0700 AU2.65 R⊕7.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-299 d15.1 days0.118 AU1.86 R⊕4.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-299 e38.3 days0.220 AU1.87 R⊕4.16 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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