Kepler-321

Planetary system · 1254.2 light-years away

Kepler-321 is 1,254 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,740 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-321 b goes round its star every 4.92 days, 18 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,740 K
Mass1.024 solar masses
Radius1.194 solar radii
Luminosity0.9818 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude12.918
Ageabout 2.09 billion years
Distance from the Sun1254.2 light-years (384.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.4537°, Dec 44.1458°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-321 b4.92 days0.0570 AU1.77 R⊕3.78 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-321 c13.1 days0.110 AU2.32 R⊕5.99 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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