Kepler-401

Planetary system · 3149.2 light-years away

Kepler-401 is 3,149 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this 6,117 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-401 b goes round its star every 14.4 days, 6 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,117 K
Mass1.173 solar masses
Radius1.333 solar radii
Luminosity3.682 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.366
Ageabout 3.55 billion years
Distance from the Sun3149.2 light-years (965.5 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 290.0827°, Dec 50.8634°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-401 b14.4 days0.122 AU1.71 R⊕3.57 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-401 c47.3 days0.269 AU2.15 R⊕5.27 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2014
Kepler-401 d184.3 days0.669 AU2.27 R⊕5.77 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2016

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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