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orange dwarf · K2III-I

Kepler-278

Kepler-278 is an orange dwarf 1.44 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 4,965 K, 1.2 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 5.8 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
1.44 thousand light-years443 pc
Star
4,965 K2.9 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-278 b, circles it in 30.2 days; the outermost, Kepler-278 c, in 51.1 days.

Worlds of Kepler-278

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-278 bSub-Neptune 4 × Earth30.2 days586 K
Kepler-278 cSub-Neptune 3.3 × Earth51.1 days492 K