Kepler-181

Planetary system · 1987.2 light-years away

Kepler-181 is 1,987 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,333 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-181 b goes round its star every 3.14 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,333 K
Mass0.81 solar masses
Radius0.749 solar radii
Luminosity0.418 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.854
Ageabout 6.46 billion years
Distance from the Sun1987.2 light-years (609.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.1513°, Dec 50.0958°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-181 b3.14 days0.0400 AU1.27 R⊕2.15 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-181 c4.30 days0.0490 AU1.99 R⊕4.62 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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