Kepler-1991

Planetary system · 2791.3 light-years away

Kepler-1991 is 2,791 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,478 K star; the first was found in 2023 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1991 b goes round its star every 13.3 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,478 K
Mass0.914 solar masses
Radius1.053 solar radii
Luminosity0.7789 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.048
Ageabout 6.76 billion years
Distance from the Sun2791.3 light-years (855.8 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.0361°, Dec 45.0710°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1991 b13.3 days0.106 AU1.47 R⊕2.76 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-1991 c22.8 days0.153 AU2.57 R⊕7.13 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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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