Kepler-400

Planetary system · 2759.2 light-years away

Kepler-400 is 2,759 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,886 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-400 b goes round its star every 9.02 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,886 K
Mass1.08 solar masses
Radius1.145 solar radii
Luminosity1.419 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.762
Ageabout 3.63 billion years
Distance from the Sun2759.2 light-years (846.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.9445°, Dec 40.4801°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-400 b9.02 days0.0870 AU1.65 R⊕3.36 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-400 c17.3 days0.134 AU1.49 R⊕2.83 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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