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yellow, Sun-like star

Kepler-259

Kepler-259 is a yellow, Sun-like star 3.27 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,938 K, 0.87 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 0.4 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
3.27 thousand light-years1,002 pc
Star
5,938 K0.9 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-259 b, circles it in 8.12 days; the outermost, Kepler-259 c, in 36.9 days.

Worlds of Kepler-259

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-259 bSub-Neptune 2.8 × Earth8.12 days879 K
Kepler-259 cSub-Neptune 2.7 × Earth36.9 days530 K