Kepler-355

Planetary system · 4671.1 light-years away

Kepler-355 is 4,671 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,184 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-355 b goes round its star every 11.0 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,184 K
Mass0.933 solar masses
Radius1.066 solar radii
Luminosity1.567 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.242
Ageabout 10 billion years
Distance from the Sun4671.1 light-years (1432.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.7995°, Dec 42.8117°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-355 b11.0 days0.102 AU1.46 R⊕2.73 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-355 c25.8 days0.179 AU2.71 R⊕7.8 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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