Kepler-428

Planetary system · 2238.4 light-years away

Kepler-428 is 2,238 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this K1 V star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-428 b goes round its star every 3.53 days, 25 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeK1 V
Surface temperature5,150 K
Mass0.87 solar masses
Radius0.8 solar radii
Luminosity0.4074 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.362
Ageabout 5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2238.4 light-years (686.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.5817°, Dec 40.5773°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-428 b3.53 days0.0433 AU12.11 R⊕403.63 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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