Kepler-449

Planetary system · 789.1 light-years away

Kepler-449 is 789 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,649 K star; the first was found in 2015 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-449 b goes round its star every 12.6 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,649 K
Mass1.02 solar masses
Radius1.467 solar radii
Luminosity1.977 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude11.448
Ageabout 9.77 billion years
Distance from the Sun789.1 light-years (241.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.7328°, Dec 41.9006°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-449 b12.6 days0.103 AU2.056 R⊕4.88 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2015
Kepler-449 c33.7 days0.198 AU2.764 R⊕8.07 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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