Kepler-359

Planetary system · 4707.1 light-years away

Kepler-359 is 4,707 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,248 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-359 b goes round its star every 25.6 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,248 K
Mass0.827 solar masses
Radius1.086 solar radii
Luminosity0.8006 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.805
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun4707.1 light-years (1443.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.2936°, Dec 42.1963°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-359 b25.6 days0.178 AU3.53 R⊕12.2 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-359 c57.7 days0.307 AU4.3 R⊕2.9 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-359 d77.1 days0.372 AU4.01 R⊕2.7 M⊕Transit, 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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