Kepler-316

Planetary system · 1255.5 light-years away

Kepler-316 is 1,256 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,204 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-316 b goes round its star every 2.24 days, 39 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,204 K
Mass0.587 solar masses
Radius0.52 solar radii
Luminosity0.116 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.81
Ageabout 3.31 billion years
Distance from the Sun1255.5 light-years (384.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.8258°, Dec 44.1839°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-316 b2.24 days0.0270 AU1.06 R⊕1.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-316 c6.83 days0.0580 AU1.16 R⊕1.65 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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