Kepler-41

Planetary system · 3565.2 light-years away

Kepler-41 is 3,565 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 1 planet around this G2 V star; the first was found in 2011 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-41 b goes round its star every 44.5 hours, 47 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeG2 V
Surface temperature5,750 K
Mass1.15 solar masses
Radius1.29 solar radii
Luminosity1.826 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude14.509
Ageabout 4.4 billion years
Distance from the Sun3565.2 light-years (1093.1 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 294.5132°, Dec 45.9816°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (1)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-41 b44.5 hours0.0310 AU14.46 R⊕177.98 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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