Kepler-301

Planetary system · 2345.6 light-years away

Kepler-301 is 2,346 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,815 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-301 b goes round its star every 2.51 days, 35 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,815 K
Mass1.022 solar masses
Radius0.9 solar radii
Luminosity0.8325 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.458
Ageabout 1.45 billion years
Distance from the Sun2345.6 light-years (719.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.9829°, Dec 49.2330°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-301 b2.51 days0.0360 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-301 c5.42 days0.0600 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-301 d13.8 days0.112 AU1.75 R⊕3.71 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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