Kepler-949

Planetary system · 1585.5 light-years away

Kepler-949 is 1,586 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,403 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-949 b goes round its star every 8.69 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,403 K
Mass0.89 solar masses
Radius0.86 solar radii
Luminosity0.3617 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.718
Ageabout 4.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun1585.5 light-years (486.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.6079°, Dec 46.4537°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-949 b8.69 days0.0774 AU2.91 R⊕8.8 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-949 c21.0 days0.139 AU2.97 R⊕9.11 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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