Kepler-430

Planetary system · 2992.4 light-years away

Kepler-430 is 2,992 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,884 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-430 b goes round its star every 36.0 days, 2.4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,884 K
Mass1.166 solar masses
Radius1.485 solar radii
Luminosity2.051 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.908
Ageabout 4.68 billion years
Distance from the Sun2992.4 light-years (917.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.8086°, Dec 49.5794°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-430 b36.0 days0.224 AU3.25 R⊕10.6 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-430 c111.0 days0.476 AU1.75 R⊕3.71 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015

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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