Kepler-191

Planetary system · 1938.9 light-years away

Kepler-191 is 1,939 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,282 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-191 d goes round its star every 5.95 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,282 K
Mass0.857 solar masses
Radius0.789 solar radii
Luminosity0.385 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.987
Ageabout 1 billion years
Distance from the Sun1938.9 light-years (594.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.1833°, Dec 45.3231°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-191 d5.95 days0.0610 AU2.28 R⊕5.82 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-191 b9.94 days0.0870 AU1.34 R⊕2.36 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-191 c17.7 days0.128 AU1.86 R⊕4.12 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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