Kepler-305

Planetary system · 2832.6 light-years away

Kepler-305 is 2,833 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,080 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-305 e goes round its star every 3.21 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,080 K
Mass0.76 solar masses
Radius0.8 solar radii
Luminosity0.3774 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.851
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun2832.6 light-years (868.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.2243°, Dec 40.3432°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-305 e3.21 days0.0402 AU1.7938 R⊕3.87 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020
Kepler-305 b5.49 days0.0575 AU3.6 R⊕10.5 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-305 c8.29 days0.0757 AU3.3 R⊕6 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-305 d16.7 days0.121 AU2.76 R⊕6.2 M⊕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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