Kepler-346

Planetary system · 3209.7 light-years away

Kepler-346 is 3,210 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,033 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-346 b goes round its star every 6.51 days, 14 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,033 K
Mass0.943 solar masses
Radius1.021 solar radii
Luminosity0.7038 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.261
Ageabout 2.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun3209.7 light-years (984.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 288.0119°, Dec 46.1176°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-346 b6.51 days0.0710 AU2.66 R⊕7.56 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-346 c23.9 days0.168 AU3.07 R⊕9.64 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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