Kepler-445

Planetary system · 414.9 light-years away

Kepler-445 is 415 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M4 star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-445 b goes round its star every 2.98 days, 29 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM4
Surface temperature3,157 K
Mass0.18 solar masses
Radius0.21 solar radii
Luminosity0.007944 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude18.19
Ageabout 6.61 billion years
Distance from the Sun414.9 light-years (127.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.7363°, Dec 46.4991°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-445 b2.98 days0.0217 AU1.58 R⊕3.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-445 c4.87 days0.0301 AU2.51 R⊕6.85 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-445 d8.15 days0.0439 AU1.25 R⊕2.1 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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