Kepler-306

Planetary system · 2529.9 light-years away

Kepler-306 is 2,530 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 4,954 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-306 b goes round its star every 4.65 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,954 K
Mass0.75 solar masses
Radius0.719 solar radii
Luminosity0.3394 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.575
Ageabout 2.63 billion years
Distance from the Sun2529.9 light-years (775.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.5387°, Dec 40.6161°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-306 b4.65 days0.0500 AU1.52 R⊕2.92 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-306 c7.24 days0.0670 AU2.35 R⊕6.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-306 d17.3 days0.120 AU2.47 R⊕6.66 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-306 e44.8 days0.227 AU2.27 R⊕5.77 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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