Kepler-351

Planetary system · 3535.2 light-years away

Kepler-351 is 3,535 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,643 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

Fly there in 3D

Worth knowing

Kepler-351 b goes round its star every 37.1 days, 2.4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,643 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.854 solar radii
Luminosity0.4107 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.229
Ageabout 2.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun3535.2 light-years (1083.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.4528°, Dec 42.6578°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-351 b37.1 days0.214 AU3.06 R⊕4.8 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-351 c57.2 days0.287 AU3.19 R⊕11.1 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-351 d142.5 days0.518 AU2.72 R⊕7.85 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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,643 K, 0.41 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.61 to 1.09 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 3,535 years ago, around 1500 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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