Kepler-974

Planetary system · 438.1 light-years away

Kepler-974 is 438 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 3,687 K star; the first was found in 2013 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

KOI-1843.03 goes round its star every 4.2 hours, 497 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature3,687 K
Mass0.52 solar masses
Radius0.5 solar radii
Luminosity0.04423 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.295
Ageabout 4.37 billion years
Distance from the Sun438.1 light-years (134.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.0131°, Dec 40.2210°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
KOI-1843.034.2 hours0.0050 AU0.61 R⊕8 M⊕Transit, 2013
Kepler-974 b4.19 days0.0419 AU1.57 R⊕3.09 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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