Kepler-194

Planetary system · 3581.1 light-years away

Kepler-194 is 3,581 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,089 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-194 b goes round its star every 2.09 days, 42 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,089 K
Mass0.94 solar masses
Radius1.025 solar radii
Luminosity1.103 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.969
Ageabout 2.5 billion years
Distance from the Sun3581.1 light-years (1098.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.9714°, Dec 47.8640°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-194 b2.09 days0.0320 AU1.51 R⊕2.89 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-194 c17.3 days0.131 AU2.59 R⊕7.22 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-194 d52.8 days0.275 AU2.4 R⊕6.35 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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