Kepler-331

Planetary system · 1892.1 light-years away

Kepler-331 is 1,892 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 4,347 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-331 b goes round its star every 8.46 days, 10 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature4,347 K
Mass0.653 solar masses
Radius0.492 solar radii
Luminosity0.1646 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude16.199
Ageabout 1.2 billion years
Distance from the Sun1892.1 light-years (580.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 291.8343°, Dec 39.3073°
ConstellationLyra

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-331 b8.46 days0.0650 AU1.82 R⊕3.97 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-331 c17.3 days0.105 AU1.84 R⊕4.04 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-331 d32.1 days0.159 AU1.64 R⊕3.33 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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