Kepler-403

Planetary system · 2740.6 light-years away

Kepler-403 is 2,741 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,090 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-403 b goes round its star every 7.03 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,090 K
Mass1.299 solar masses
Radius1.329 solar radii
Luminosity4.406 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.818
Ageabout 3.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun2740.6 light-years (840.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 289.9214°, Dec 46.7445°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-403 b7.03 days0.0760 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-403 d13.6 days0.122 AU1.42 R⊕2.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-403 c54.3 days0.297 AU1.75 R⊕3.71 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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