Kepler-309

Planetary system · 1776.1 light-years away

Kepler-309 is 1,776 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-309 b goes round its star every 5.92 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,713 K
Mass0.816 solar masses
Radius0.721 solar radii
Luminosity0.2667 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.418
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun1776.1 light-years (544.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.5099°, Dec 46.9614°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-309 b5.92 days0.0590 AU1.56 R⊕3.05 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-309 c105.4 days0.401 AU2.51 R⊕6.85 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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