Kepler-304

Planetary system · 1417.7 light-years away

Kepler-304 is 1,418 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 4,731 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-304 e goes round its star every 36.0 hours, 59 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,731 K
Mass0.737 solar masses
Radius0.687 solar radii
Luminosity0.218 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.065
Ageabout 2.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun1417.7 light-years (434.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.4418°, Dec 40.5575°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-304 e36.0 hours0.0232 AU1.2 R⊕1.87 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-304 b3.30 days0.0390 AU2.86 R⊕8.55 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-304 c5.32 days0.0540 AU2.17 R⊕5.35 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-304 d9.65 days0.0800 AU2.75 R⊕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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