Kepler-241

Planetary system · 1669.9 light-years away

Kepler-241 is 1,670 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 4,699 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-241 b goes round its star every 12.7 days, 7 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,699 K
Mass0.671 solar masses
Radius0.668 solar radii
Luminosity0.247 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.708
Ageabout 13.9 billion years
Distance from the Sun1669.9 light-years (512.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.9131°, Dec 41.0610°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-241 b12.7 days0.0940 AU2.33 R⊕6.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-241 c36.1 days0.189 AU2.57 R⊕7.13 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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