Kepler-330

Planetary system · 2340.3 light-years away

Kepler-330 is 2,340 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,117 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-330 b goes round its star every 8.26 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,117 K
Mass0.848 solar masses
Radius0.722 solar radii
Luminosity0.3615 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.569
Ageabout 3.47 billion years
Distance from the Sun2340.3 light-years (717.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.4474°, Dec 44.8018°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-330 b8.26 days0.0750 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-330 c16.0 days0.116 AU1.95 R⊕4.46 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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