Kepler-213

Planetary system · 2070.9 light-years away

Kepler-213 is 2,071 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,696 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-213 b goes round its star every 2.46 days, 36 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,696 K
Mass1.07 solar masses
Radius1.195 solar radii
Luminosity1.208 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.705
Ageabout 1.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun2070.9 light-years (634.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.8242°, Dec 44.6473°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-213 b2.46 days0.0360 AU1.62 R⊕3.26 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-213 c4.82 days0.0570 AU2.34 R⊕6.08 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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