Kepler-340

Planetary system · 2637.8 light-years away

Kepler-340 is 2,638 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,620 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-340 b goes round its star every 14.8 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,620 K
Mass1.65 solar masses
Radius1.85 solar radii
Luminosity7.37 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.329
Ageabout 1.29 billion years
Distance from the Sun2637.8 light-years (808.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.9335°, Dec 40.3006°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-340 b14.8 days0.134 AU2.53 R⊕6.94 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-340 c22.8 days0.178 AU3.37 R⊕11.3 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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