Kepler-121

Planetary system · 1665.1 light-years away

Kepler-121 is 1,665 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,311 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-121 b goes round its star every 3.18 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,311 K
Mass0.859 solar masses
Radius0.701 solar radii
Luminosity0.3358 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.904
Ageabout 0.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun1665.1 light-years (510.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 286.1621°, Dec 39.6780°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-121 b3.18 days0.0390 AU2.34 R⊕6.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-121 c41.0 days0.216 AU2.27 R⊕5.77 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 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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