Kepler-11

Planetary system · 2108.1 light-years away

Kepler-11 is 2,108 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 6 planets around this 5,663 K star; the first was found in 2010 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-11 b goes round its star every 10.3 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,663 K
Mass0.961 solar masses
Radius1.065 solar radii
Luminosity1.319 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.817
Ageabout 8.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun2108.1 light-years (646.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.1151°, Dec 41.9091°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (6)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-11 b10.3 days0.0910 AU1.8 R⊕1.9 M⊕Transit, 2010
Kepler-11 c13.0 days0.107 AU2.87 R⊕2.9 M⊕Transit, 2010
Kepler-11 d22.7 days0.155 AU3.12 R⊕7.3 M⊕Transit, 2010
Kepler-11 e32.0 days0.195 AU4.19 R⊕8 M⊕Transit, 2010
Kepler-11 f46.7 days0.250 AU2.49 R⊕2 M⊕Transit, 2010
Kepler-11 g118.4 days0.466 AU3.33 R⊕25 M⊕Transit, 2010

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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