Kepler-2001

Planetary system · 2532.8 light-years away

Kepler-2001 is 2,533 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,081 K star; the first was found in 2023 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-2001 b goes round its star every 26.2 hours, 81 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,081 K
Mass0.864 solar masses
Radius0.77 solar radii
Luminosity0.2843 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.981
Ageabout 4 billion years
Distance from the Sun2532.8 light-years (776.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.6595°, Dec 50.5839°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-2001 b26.2 hours0.0197 AU1.04 R⊕1.12 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-2001 c14.1 days0.108 AU1.82 R⊕3.97 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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