Kepler-227

Planetary system · 3532.5 light-years away

Kepler-227 is 3,533 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,854 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-227 b goes round its star every 9.49 days, 9 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,854 K
Mass0.954 solar masses
Radius1.091 solar radii
Luminosity0.7566 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.623
Ageabout 3.98 billion years
Distance from the Sun3532.5 light-years (1083.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.9343°, Dec 48.1417°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-227 b9.49 days0.0900 AU3.11 R⊕9.85 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-227 c54.4 days0.290 AU3.04 R⊕9.48 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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