Kepler-326

Planetary system · 1590.6 light-years away

Kepler-326 is 1,591 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,105 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-326 b goes round its star every 2.25 days, 39 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,105 K
Mass0.91 solar masses
Radius0.801 solar radii
Luminosity0.6973 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.734
Ageabout 13.18 billion years
Distance from the Sun1590.6 light-years (487.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.3256°, Dec 46.0023°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-326 b2.25 days0.0320 AU1.52 R⊕44.6 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-326 c4.58 days0.0510 AU1.4 R⊕17.4 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-326 d6.77 days0.0660 AU1.21 R⊕6.9 M⊕Transit, 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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