Kepler-343

Planetary system · 3024.1 light-years away

Kepler-343 is 3,024 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,807 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-343 b goes round its star every 8.97 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,807 K
Mass1.055 solar masses
Radius1.433 solar radii
Luminosity1.645 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.063
Ageabout 6.46 billion years
Distance from the Sun3024.1 light-years (927.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.9607°, Dec 42.4330°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-343 b8.97 days0.0880 AU2.41 R⊕6.39 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-343 c23.2 days0.167 AU2.02 R⊕4.74 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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