Kepler-302

Planetary system · 4574.6 light-years away

Kepler-302 is 4,575 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,740 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-302 b goes round its star every 30.2 days, 2.9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,740 K
Mass1.021 solar masses
Radius1.22 solar radii
Luminosity1.121 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.694
Ageabout 4.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun4574.6 light-years (1402.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.3169°, Dec 43.6292°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-302 b30.2 days0.193 AU4.06 R⊕15.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-302 c127.3 days0.503 AU12.45 R⊕—Transit, 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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