Kepler-215

Planetary system · 1585.1 light-years away

Kepler-215 is 1,585 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,739 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-215 b goes round its star every 9.36 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,739 K
Mass0.788 solar masses
Radius1.027 solar radii
Luminosity0.7635 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.678
Ageabout 1.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun1585.1 light-years (486.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.9735°, Dec 45.2137°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-215 b9.36 days0.0840 AU1.62 R⊕3.26 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-215 c14.7 days0.113 AU1.77 R⊕3.78 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-215 d30.9 days0.185 AU2.39 R⊕23.6 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-215 e68.2 days0.314 AU1.75 R⊕3.71 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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