Kepler-314

Planetary system · 877.0 light-years away

Kepler-314 is 877 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,378 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-314 b goes round its star every 2.46 days, 36 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,378 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius0.95 solar radii
Luminosity0.5947 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.64
Ageabout 0.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun877.0 light-years (268.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.6742°, Dec 42.0756°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-314 b2.46 days0.0350 AU0.83 R⊕0.498 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-314 c5.96 days0.0640 AU2.9 R⊕8.75 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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