Kepler-318

Planetary system · 1595.4 light-years away

Kepler-318 is 1,595 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,746 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-318 b goes round its star every 4.66 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,746 K
Mass1.073 solar masses
Radius1.189 solar radii
Luminosity1.009 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.442
Ageabout 0.95 billion years
Distance from the Sun1595.4 light-years (489.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.4828°, Dec 46.7936°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-318 b4.66 days0.0560 AU4.71 R⊕19.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-318 c11.8 days0.105 AU3.68 R⊕13.1 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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