Kepler-344

Planetary system · 3271.2 light-years away

Kepler-344 is 3,271 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,774 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-344 b goes round its star every 22.0 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,774 K
Mass0.931 solar masses
Radius0.976 solar radii
Luminosity0.6534 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.539
Ageabout 2.51 billion years
Distance from the Sun3271.2 light-years (1003.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.4996°, Dec 46.3243°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-344 b22.0 days0.153 AU2.61 R⊕7.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-344 c125.6 days0.488 AU2.95 R⊕9.01 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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