Kepler-353

Planetary system · 1254.7 light-years away

Kepler-353 is 1,255 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 3,903 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-353 b goes round its star every 5.80 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

Kepler-353 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-353 and its planets are drawn.

The star

Surface temperature3,903 K
Mass0.553 solar masses
Radius0.504 solar radii
Luminosity0.065 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.126
Ageabout 4.59 billion years
Distance from the Sun1254.7 light-years (384.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.8566°, Dec 41.7581°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-353 b5.80 days0.0510 AU0.89 R⊕0.64 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-353 c8.41 days0.0650 AU1.38 R⊕2.48 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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