Kepler-214

Planetary system · 3941.4 light-years away

Kepler-214 is 3,941 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,169 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-214 b goes round its star every 15.7 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,169 K
Mass1.11 solar masses
Radius1.352 solar radii
Luminosity3.242 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.057
Ageabout 1.58 billion years
Distance from the Sun3941.4 light-years (1208.4 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 284.7548°, Dec 44.9560°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-214 b15.7 days0.130 AU2.61 R⊕7.32 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-214 c28.8 days0.194 AU2.13 R⊕5.18 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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