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Kepler-410

Binary star system

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ88345986
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Kepler-410 is a binary star system. Its primary star, also known as Kepler-410A, is a F-type subgiant star, orbited by the orange dwarf star Kepler-410B on a wide orbit. The companion star was discovered in 2012.

The primary star's surface temperature is 6325±75 K. HD 175289 is similar to the Sun in its concentration of heavy elements, with a metallicity Fe/H index of 0.01±0.10, but is much younger at an age of 1.81±0.27 billion years.

Planetary system

In 2013, one planet, named Kepler-410Ab, was discovered using the transit method. It is not known if the planet is orbiting the primary or secondary star. If orbiting the secondary, the planetary radius must be doubled. Immediately, a second non-transiting planet was suspected due to transit-timing variations, and a 2019 study also found evidence for such a planet, though it has not yet been confirmed or given any designation.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Kepler-410” is binary star system. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Kepler-410, Binary and star, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012, 2013, 2019—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Kepler-410, Binary and star is the immediate research focus.
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