Kepler-211

Planetary system · 1009.0 light-years away

Kepler-211 is 1,009 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,123 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-211 b goes round its star every 4.14 days, 21 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,123 K
Mass0.867 solar masses
Radius0.816 solar radii
Luminosity0.3861 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.448
Ageabout 1.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun1009.0 light-years (309.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 285.4391°, Dec 43.1685°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-211 b4.14 days0.0480 AU1.26 R⊕2.13 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-211 c6.04 days0.0620 AU1.29 R⊕18.3 M⊕Transit, 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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