Kepler-223

Planetary system · 6065.6 light-years away

Kepler-223 is 6,066 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,803 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-223 b goes round its star every 7.38 days, 12 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,803 K
Mass1.125 solar masses
Radius1.72 solar radii
Luminosity2.351 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.69
Ageabout 8.91 billion years
Distance from the Sun6065.6 light-years (1859.7 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 298.3184°, Dec 47.2795°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-223 b7.38 days0.0752 AU2.99 R⊕7.4 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-223 c9.85 days0.0912 AU3.44 R⊕5.1 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-223 d14.8 days0.120 AU5.24 R⊕8 M⊕Transit, 2014
Kepler-223 e19.7 days0.145 AU4.6 R⊕4.8 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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