Kepler-224

Planetary system · 2550.8 light-years away

Kepler-224 is 2,551 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,018 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-224 b goes round its star every 3.13 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,018 K
Mass0.777 solar masses
Radius0.676 solar radii
Luminosity0.3059 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.801
Ageabout 2.29 billion years
Distance from the Sun2550.8 light-years (782.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.9343°, Dec 47.3575°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-224 b3.13 days0.0380 AU1.39 R⊕2.51 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-224 c5.92 days0.0580 AU3.12 R⊕9.91 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-224 d11.3 days0.0890 AU2.3 R⊕5.9 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-224 e18.6 days0.124 AU1.97 R⊕4.54 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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