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Kepler 442
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Star Kepler 442

Orange star Kepler 442 is located 1196 light years away from the Sun. It is a single star, that has 61 % of solar mass. There is at least one exoplanet in this system.
Sun distance
1196 light years

Kepler 442

Location

Ascension iconRight ascension: 19h 1m 27.99s
Declination iconDeclination: 39° 16' 48.254'' (northern hemisphere)
Parallax iconParallax: 2.727
Distance iconSun distance: 1196.086 ly | 366.7 pc

Basic characteristic

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Mass: 60.9 % M Sun | 638 M Jupiter
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Size: 60 % R Sun | 6 R Jupiter
temperature iconTemperature: 4402 K | 0.76 T Sun
luminosity iconLuminosity: 0.117 L Sun

Photometry

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K
2.1
H
1.6
J
1.2
Grp
0.8
I
0.8
G
0.6
V
0.5
Gbp
0.5
B
0.4
U
0.3
Absolute stellar magnitude in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum from infrared (K band) to ultraviolet (U band).

Kepler 442 system structure

Kepler 442
Kepler 442 b 0.41 AU 2.3 M 1.3 R 112.3 days
More about Kepler 442
Star Kepler 442 is approximately 60 % of the size of Sun and temperature on its surface is around 4402 K (4129 °C), which is about 76 % of Sun's temperature.
       Kepler 442 can be found in northern celestial hemisphere, however it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye or even a small telescope. 
Other designations of this star
Gaia DR3 2100258047339711488
External sources
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Gaia database (Gaia DR3 2100258047339711488)
Archive from the Gaia mission
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