Kepler-221

Planetary system · 1256.5 light-years away

Kepler-221 is 1,257 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,243 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-221 b goes round its star every 2.80 days, 31 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,243 K
Mass0.854 solar masses
Radius0.821 solar radii
Luminosity0.3942 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.97
Ageabout 1.78 billion years
Distance from the Sun1256.5 light-years (385.2 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.6547°, Dec 46.8352°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-221 b2.80 days0.0370 AU1.71 R⊕5.9558 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-221 c5.69 days0.0590 AU2.93 R⊕9.3 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-221 d10.0 days0.0870 AU2.73 R⊕3.61 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-221 e18.4 days0.130 AU2.63 R⊕7.8671 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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