Kepler-446

Planetary system · 314.2 light-years away

Kepler-446 is 314 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-446 b goes round its star every 37.6 hours, 56 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM4
Surface temperature3,359 K
Mass0.22 solar masses
Radius0.24 solar radii
Luminosity0.005654 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude17.5041
Ageabout 3.72 billion years
Distance from the Sun314.2 light-years (96.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 282.2501°, Dec 44.9210°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-446 b37.6 hours0.0182 AU1.5 R⊕2.86 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-446 c3.04 days0.0283 AU1.11 R⊕1.41 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-446 d5.15 days0.0403 AU1.35 R⊕2.39 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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