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Kepler-242

Kepler-242 is an orange dwarf 1.96 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,020 K, 0.75 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 2.7 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
1.96 thousand light-years600 pc
Star
5,020 K0.85 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-242 b, circles it in 8.2 days; the outermost, Kepler-242 c, in 14.5 days.

Worlds of Kepler-242

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-242 bSub-Neptune 2.6 × Earth8.2 days742 K
Kepler-242 cSub-Neptune 2 × Earth14.5 days613 K