Kepler-312

Planetary system · 2601.8 light-years away

Kepler-312 is 2,602 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,115 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-312 b goes round its star every 42.5 hours, 50 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,115 K
Mass1.314 solar masses
Radius1.467 solar radii
Luminosity3.958 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.01
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun2601.8 light-years (797.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.3958°, Dec 42.4598°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-312 b42.5 hours0.0310 AU1.29 R⊕2.21 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-312 c19.7 days0.153 AU3.15 R⊕10.1 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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