Kepler-336

Planetary system · 2507.7 light-years away

Kepler-336 is 2,508 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,867 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-336 b goes round its star every 2.02 days, 43 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,867 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius1.304 solar radii
Luminosity1.82 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.677
Ageabout 4.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun2507.7 light-years (768.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.2376°, Dec 41.3314°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-336 b2.02 days0.0330 AU1.02 R⊕1.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-336 c9.60 days0.0920 AU2.1 R⊕5.06 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-336 d20.7 days0.154 AU2.37 R⊕6.21 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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