Kepler-405

Planetary system · 3473.8 light-years away

Kepler-405 is 3,474 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,818 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-405 b goes round its star every 10.6 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,818 K
Mass0.873 solar masses
Radius0.893 solar radii
Luminosity0.4662 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.181
Ageabout 2.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun3473.8 light-years (1065.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.4095°, Dec 38.3400°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-405 b10.6 days0.0950 AU2.08 R⊕4.98 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-405 c29.7 days0.188 AU4.66 R⊕19.6 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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