Kepler-399

Planetary system · 2415.3 light-years away

Kepler-399 is 2,415 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,502 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-399 b goes round its star every 14.4 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,502 K
Mass0.902 solar masses
Radius0.68 solar radii
Luminosity0.3819 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.686
Ageabout 3.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun2415.3 light-years (740.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 299.5017°, Dec 40.6708°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-399 b14.4 days0.103 AU0.96 R⊕0.84 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-399 c26.7 days0.155 AU1.43 R⊕2.63 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-399 d58.0 days0.261 AU1.89 R⊕4.23 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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