Kepler-424

Planetary system · 2278.7 light-years away

Kepler-424 is 2,279 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,460 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-424 b goes round its star every 3.31 days, 27 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,460 K
Mass1.01 solar masses
Radius0.94 solar radii
Luminosity0.7079 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.429
Ageabout 4.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun2278.7 light-years (698.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.6250°, Dec 48.5774°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-424 b3.31 days0.0440 AU9.98 R⊕327.35 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-424 c223.3 days0.730 AU12.7 R⊕ estimated2215.2 M⊕ minimumRadial 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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