Kepler-49

Planetary system · 1015.1 light-years away

Kepler-49 is 1,015 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this M1 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-49 d goes round its star every 2.58 days, 34 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM1 V
Surface temperature4,096 K
Mass0.607 solar masses
Radius0.618 solar radii
Luminosity0.074 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.655
Ageabout 2.88 billion years
Distance from the Sun1015.1 light-years (311.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.2945°, Dec 40.5918°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-49 d2.58 days0.0310 AU1.6 R⊕235.98 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-49 b7.20 days0.0593 AU2.579 R⊕9.77 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-49 c10.9 days0.0782 AU2.444 R⊕8.38 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-49 e18.6 days0.116 AU1.56 R⊕1.0381 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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