Kepler-27

Planetary system · 3406.2 light-years away

Kepler-27 is 3,406 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,400 K star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-27 d goes round its star every 6.55 days, 13 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,400 K
Mass0.65 solar masses
Radius0.59 solar radii
Luminosity0.4684 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.822
Ageabout 1.62 billion years
Distance from the Sun3406.2 light-years (1044.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 292.2368°, Dec 41.0859°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-27 d6.55 days0.0658 AU2.7062 R⊕7.78 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-27 b15.3 days0.118 AU4 R⊕2895.3 M⊕Transit, 2011
Kepler-27 c31.3 days0.191 AU4.9 R⊕4385.9 M⊕Transit, 2011

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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