Kepler-251

Planetary system · 3015.7 light-years away

Kepler-251 is 3,016 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 5,526 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-251 b goes round its star every 4.79 days, 18 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,526 K
Mass0.891 solar masses
Radius0.89 solar radii
Luminosity0.673 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.541
Ageabout 2 billion years
Distance from the Sun3015.7 light-years (924.6 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 296.5662°, Dec 44.1058°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (4)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-251 b4.79 days0.0530 AU1.33 R⊕2.33 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-251 c16.5 days0.122 AU2.77 R⊕8.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-251 d30.1 days0.182 AU2.77 R⊕8.1 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-251 e99.6 days0.404 AU2.77 R⊕8.1 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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