Kepler-338

Planetary system · 1803.0 light-years away · also TYC 3123-1408-1

Kepler-338 is 1,803 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,923 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-338 e goes round its star every 9.34 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,923 K
Mass1.105 solar masses
Radius1.735 solar radii
Luminosity3.852 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.19
Ageabout 6.46 billion years
Distance from the Sun1803.0 light-years (552.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.9791°, Dec 40.7844°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-338 e9.34 days0.0898 AU1.56 R⊕8.5 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-338 b13.7 days0.117 AU2.44 R⊕30.6 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-338 c24.3 days0.172 AU2.34 R⊕6.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-338 d44.4 days0.257 AU3 R⊕9.27 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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