Kepler-322

Planetary system · 1306.2 light-years away

Kepler-322 is 1,306 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,388 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-322 b goes round its star every 39.7 hours, 53 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,388 K
Mass0.908 solar masses
Radius0.89 solar radii
Luminosity0.5154 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.687
Ageabout 1.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun1306.2 light-years (400.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 281.3488°, Dec 44.2953°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-322 b39.7 hours0.0270 AU1.01 R⊕1.01 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-322 c4.34 days0.0510 AU1.67 R⊕3.43 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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