Kepler-404

Planetary system · 2650.1 light-years away

Kepler-404 is 2,650 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,654 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-404 b goes round its star every 11.8 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,654 K
Mass0.86 solar masses
Radius0.884 solar radii
Luminosity0.4602 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.479
Ageabout 1.35 billion years
Distance from the Sun2650.1 light-years (812.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.3986°, Dec 45.3435°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-404 b11.8 days0.102 AU1.27 R⊕2.15 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-404 c14.8 days0.118 AU1.72 R⊕3.61 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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