Kepler-524

Planetary system · 3451.5 light-years away

Kepler-524 is 3,452 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,014 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-524 c goes round its star every 45.3 hours, 47 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,014 K
Mass1.09 solar masses
Radius1.1 solar radii
Luminosity2.751 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.082
Ageabout 3.02 billion years
Distance from the Sun3451.5 light-years (1058.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.8592°, Dec 49.1620°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-524 c45.3 hours0.0305 AU0.96 R⊕0.84 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-524 b7.97 days0.0795 AU1.91 R⊕4.31 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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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