Kepler-320

Planetary system · 2696.1 light-years away

Kepler-320 is 2,696 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,435 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-320 b goes round its star every 8.37 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,435 K
Mass1.072 solar masses
Radius1.108 solar radii
Luminosity2.367 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.494
Ageabout 2.14 billion years
Distance from the Sun2696.1 light-years (826.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.2135°, Dec 46.1751°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-320 b8.37 days0.0850 AU1.14 R⊕1.55 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-320 c17.9 days0.142 AU1.37 R⊕2.45 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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