The star
The star
Kepler-292
- Type
- orange dwarf
- Surface
- ≈ 5,299 K
- Size
- 0.83 × the Sun
- Mass
- 0.86 × the Sun
- Brightness
- 0.46 × the Sun
- Habitable zone
- 0.523–1.25 AU
The planets
Kepler-292
Kepler-292 b
- Year
- 2.58 days
- Distance from star
- 0.035 AU
- Mass
- 2.3 Earths
- Size
- 1.3 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 1130 K (+857 °C)
- Found
- 2014, transit (Kepler)
Kepler-292
Kepler-292 c
- Year
- 3.72 days
- Distance from star
- 0.045 AU
- Mass
- 2.8 Earths
- Size
- 1.5 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 1001 K (+728 °C)
- Found
- 2014, transit (Kepler)
Kepler-292
Kepler-292 d
- Year
- 7.06 days
- Distance from star
- 0.068 AU
- Mass
- 5.6 Earths
- Size
- 2.2 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 808 K (+535 °C)
- Found
- 2014, transit (Kepler)
Kepler-292
Kepler-292 e
- Year
- 11.98 days
- Distance from star
- 0.097 AU
- Mass
- 7.6 Earths
- Size
- 2.7 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 678 K (+405 °C)
- Found
- 2014, transit (Kepler)
Kepler-292
Kepler-292 f
- Year
- 20.83 days
- Distance from star
- 0.141 AU
- Mass
- 6.1 Earths
- Size
- 2.4 × Earth
- Temperature
- ≈ 563 K (+290 °C)
- Found
- 2014, transit (Kepler)
Masses found by the wobble method are minimums, because the orbit's tilt is unknown. Temperatures are equilibrium estimates for a bare planet, before any atmosphere.
How we know
The shadow
The planet passes in front of its star and dims it by a fraction of a percent, every orbit. The dip gives the planet's size and year.
Sources
- Planet and star parameters: NASA Exoplanet Archive, Planetary Systems Composite Parameters, retrieved 1 Nov 2026. This research has made use of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, which is operated by the California Institute of Technology, under contract with NASA under the Exoplanet Exploration Program.
- Position: HYG Database v4.1 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Habitable zone: a simple estimate from the star's brightness (√L × 0.95 to 1.67 AU), shown as a guide.