Kepler-212

Planetary system · 2241.3 light-years away

Kepler-212 is 2,241 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,852 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-212 b goes round its star every 16.3 days, 5 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,852 K
Mass1.166 solar masses
Radius1.455 solar radii
Luminosity2.418 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.129
Ageabout 5.13 billion years
Distance from the Sun2241.3 light-years (687.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.6208°, Dec 43.1416°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-212 b16.3 days0.133 AU1.09 R⊕1.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-212 c31.8 days0.207 AU2.74 R⊕7.95 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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