Kepler-271

Planetary system · 1319.4 light-years away

Kepler-271 is 1,319 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 5,555 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-271 d goes round its star every 5.25 days, 17 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,555 K
Mass0.9 solar masses
Radius0.87 solar radii
Luminosity0.5582 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.578
Ageabout 4.57 billion years
Distance from the Sun1319.4 light-years (404.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 283.0029°, Dec 44.2841°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-271 d5.25 days0.0555 AU0.66 R⊕0.219 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016
Kepler-271 c7.41 days0.0699 AU0.95 R⊕0.809 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-271 b10.4 days0.0878 AU1.23 R⊕2.04 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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