Kepler-422

Planetary system · 2357.4 light-years away

Kepler-422 is 2,357 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this 5,972 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-422 b goes round its star every 7.89 days, 11 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,972 K
Mass1.15 solar masses
Radius1.24 solar radii
Luminosity1.738 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.524
Ageabout 3.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun2357.4 light-years (722.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.6296°, Dec 46.3233°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-422 b7.89 days0.0820 AU12.89 R⊕136.66 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.

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