Kepler-209

Planetary system · 1881.7 light-years away

Kepler-209 is 1,882 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,513 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-209 b goes round its star every 16.1 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,513 K
Mass0.971 solar masses
Radius0.935 solar radii
Luminosity0.7434 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.132
Ageabout 1.95 billion years
Distance from the Sun1881.7 light-years (576.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.1695°, Dec 42.6407°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-209 b16.1 days0.122 AU2.26 R⊕5.73 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-209 c41.7 days0.231 AU3.1 R⊕9.8 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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