Kepler-1001

Planetary system · 3029.9 light-years away

Kepler-1001 is 3,030 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,491 K star; the first was found in 2016 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1001 c goes round its star every 9.18 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,491 K
Mass0.9 solar masses
Radius0.88 solar radii
Luminosity0.5266 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.582
Ageabout 4.68 billion years
Distance from the Sun3029.9 light-years (929.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.2739°, Dec 48.6187°
ConstellationDraco

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1001 c9.18 days0.0830 AU1.578 R⊕3.11 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2020
Kepler-1001 b14.3 days0.111 AU3.15 R⊕10.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

Values are the NASA Exoplanet Archive’s composite parameters. A radius marked estimated comes from a mass–radius relation; a mass marked minimum is M sin i. Planet sizes and colours in the 3D view are renderings: none of these worlds has been photographed as more than a point of light.

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