Kepler-201

Planetary system · 2075.8 light-years away

Kepler-201 is 2,076 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,065 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-201 b goes round its star every 25.7 days, 3 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,065 K
Mass1.098 solar masses
Radius1.229 solar radii
Luminosity2.229 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.991
Ageabout 4.07 billion years
Distance from the Sun2075.8 light-years (636.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.6261°, Dec 41.2728°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-201 b25.7 days0.175 AU2.46 R⊕6.62 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-201 c151.9 days0.573 AU2.85 R⊕8.5 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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