Kepler-199

Planetary system · 1699.5 light-years away

Kepler-199 is 1,700 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,644 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-199 b goes round its star every 23.6 days, 4 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,644 K
Mass0.96 solar masses
Radius0.967 solar radii
Luminosity0.8001 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.796
Ageabout 1.45 billion years
Distance from the Sun1699.5 light-years (521.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.5594°, Dec 40.2362°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-199 b23.6 days0.158 AU3.11 R⊕9.85 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-199 c67.1 days0.316 AU3.25 R⊕10.6 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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