Kepler-409

Planetary system · 222.3 light-years away · also TYC 3556-878-1

Kepler-409 is 222 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,421 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-409 b goes round its star every 69.0 days, 1.3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,421 K
Mass0.913 solar masses
Radius0.897 solar radii
Luminosity0.628 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude9.636
Ageabout 5.8 billion years
Distance from the Sun222.3 light-years (68.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.6792°, Dec 46.8527°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-409 b69.0 days0.319 AU1.199 R⊕6 M⊕Transit, 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.

Sources

Privacy