Kepler-111

Planetary system · 2143.6 light-years away

Kepler-111 is 2,144 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,952 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-111 b goes round its star every 3.34 days, 26 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,952 K
Mass1.171 solar masses
Radius1.157 solar radii
Luminosity1.566 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.543
Ageabout 2.3 billion years
Distance from the Sun2143.6 light-years (657.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6532°, Dec 44.6883°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-111 b3.34 days0.0460 AU1.58 R⊕3.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-111 c224.8 days0.751 AU7.0841 R⊕222.48 M⊕Transit, 2014

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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