Kepler-171

Planetary system · 2817.5 light-years away

Kepler-171 is 2,818 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,642 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-171 b goes round its star every 4.17 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,642 K
Mass0.978 solar masses
Radius0.839 solar radii
Luminosity0.8334 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.101
Ageabout 2.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun2817.5 light-years (863.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.7719°, Dec 41.7556°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-171 b4.17 days0.0500 AU2.34 R⊕6.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-171 c11.5 days0.0980 AU2.56 R⊕7.08 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-171 d39.6 days0.223 AU1.89 R⊕4.23 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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