Kepler-141

Planetary system · 982.3 light-years away

Kepler-141 is 982 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,910 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-141 b goes round its star every 3.11 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,910 K
Mass0.878 solar masses
Radius0.787 solar radii
Luminosity0.3579 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.624
Ageabout 12.39 billion years
Distance from the Sun982.3 light-years (301.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 297.9707°, Dec 47.7316°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-141 b3.11 days0.0390 AU0.69 R⊕0.257 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-141 c7.01 days0.0670 AU1.41 R⊕2.57 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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