Kepler-308

Planetary system · 4357.2 light-years away

Kepler-308 is 4,357 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,895 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-308 b goes round its star every 9.69 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,895 K
Mass0.92 solar masses
Radius0.941 solar radii
Luminosity0.7662 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.019
Ageabout 0.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun4357.2 light-years (1335.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.7852°, Dec 40.4396°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-308 b9.69 days0.0900 AU2.12 R⊕5.14 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-308 c15.4 days0.123 AU2.16 R⊕5.31 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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