Kepler-356

Planetary system · 2307.7 light-years away

Kepler-356 is 2,308 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,133 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-356 b goes round its star every 4.61 days, 19 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,133 K
Mass1.163 solar masses
Radius1.335 solar radii
Luminosity2.893 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.058
Ageabout 4.17 billion years
Distance from the Sun2307.7 light-years (707.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.4211°, Dec 37.6828°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-356 b4.61 days0.0570 AU1.57 R⊕3.09 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-356 c13.1 days0.115 AU1.81 R⊕3.93 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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