Kepler-549

Planetary system · 2071.6 light-years away

Kepler-549 is 2,072 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,360 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-549 d goes round its star every 24.6 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,360 K
Mass0.88 solar masses
Radius0.84 solar radii
Luminosity0.4941 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.805
Ageabout 4.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun2071.6 light-years (635.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.0229°, Dec 47.2611°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-549 d24.6 days0.158 AU4.2 R⊕16.4 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-549 b42.9 days0.232 AU2.57 R⊕11 M⊕Transit, 2016
Kepler-549 c117.0 days0.453 AU2.93 R⊕8.91 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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