Kepler-222

Planetary system · 2475.1 light-years away

Kepler-222 is 2,475 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,433 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-222 b goes round its star every 3.94 days, 22 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,433 K
Mass0.933 solar masses
Radius0.869 solar radii
Luminosity0.4594 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.407
Ageabout 1.17 billion years
Distance from the Sun2475.1 light-years (758.9 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 287.9061°, Dec 46.9377°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-222 b3.94 days0.0480 AU3.16 R⊕10.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-222 c10.1 days0.0910 AU4.64 R⊕19.4 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-222 d28.1 days0.180 AU3.69 R⊕13.2 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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