Kepler-342

Planetary system · 2549.3 light-years away

Kepler-342 is 2,549 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,175 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-342 e goes round its star every 39.5 hours, 54 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,175 K
Mass1.213 solar masses
Radius1.472 solar radii
Luminosity2.841 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.2
Ageabout 2.82 billion years
Distance from the Sun2549.3 light-years (781.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.6780°, Dec 46.7267°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-342 e39.5 hours0.0291 AU0.88 R⊕0.615 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-342 b15.2 days0.128 AU2.25 R⊕5.69 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-342 c26.2 days0.185 AU1.96 R⊕4.5 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-342 d39.5 days0.242 AU2.49 R⊕6.76 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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