Kepler-315

Planetary system · 3785.5 light-years away

Kepler-315 is 3,786 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,796 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-315 c takes 265.5 days to go round its star once.

The star

Surface temperature5,796 K
Mass0.831 solar masses
Radius1.037 solar radii
Luminosity1.009 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.546
Ageabout 12.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun3785.5 light-years (1160.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.0231°, Dec 43.3635°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-315 b96.1 days0.402 AU3.77 R⊕13.7 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-315 c265.5 days0.791 AU4.15 R⊕16.1 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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