Kepler-398

Planetary system · 578.5 light-years away

Kepler-398 is 578 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,493 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-398 b goes round its star every 4.08 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,493 K
Mass0.649 solar masses
Radius0.613 solar radii
Luminosity0.1545 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.499
Ageabout 2.34 billion years
Distance from the Sun578.5 light-years (177.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.4689°, Dec 40.3437°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-398 b4.08 days0.0440 AU0.93 R⊕0.749 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-398 d6.83 days0.0618 AU0.88 R⊕0.615 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-398 c11.4 days0.0870 AU1.01 R⊕1.01 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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