Kepler-407

Planetary system · 1103.6 light-years away

Kepler-407 is 1,104 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this G star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-407 b goes round its star every 16.1 hours, 131 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG
Surface temperature5,487 K
Mass0.99 solar masses
Radius1.04 solar radii
Luminosity0.78 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.603
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun1103.6 light-years (338.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.0363°, Dec 49.6145°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-407 b16.1 hours0.0153 AU1.19 R⊕1.93 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-407 c8.2 years3.271 AU12.3 R⊕ estimated4000 M⊕Radial Velocity, 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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