Kepler-310

Planetary system · 1964.3 light-years away

Kepler-310 is 1,964 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,797 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-310 b goes round its star every 13.9 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,797 K
Mass0.854 solar masses
Radius0.876 solar radii
Luminosity0.5763 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.376
Ageabout 1.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1964.3 light-years (602.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.8393°, Dec 46.9867°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-310 b13.9 days0.111 AU1.19 R⊕1.81 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-310 c56.5 days0.281 AU3.38 R⊕11.4 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-310 d92.9 days0.392 AU2.47 R⊕7 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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