Kepler-81

Planetary system · 1136.0 light-years away

Kepler-81 is 1,136 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 3 planets around this M0 V star; the first was found in 2012 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-81 b goes round its star every 5.96 days, 15 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Spectral typeM0 V
Surface temperature4,385 K
Mass0.64 solar masses
Radius0.59 solar radii
Luminosity0.129 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.258
Ageabout 3.63 billion years
Distance from the Sun1136.0 light-years (348.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 293.6369°, Dec 42.8248°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (3)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-81 b5.96 days0.0522 AU2.42 R⊕17.2 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-81 c12.0 days0.0835 AU2.37 R⊕4.3 M⊕Transit, 2012
Kepler-81 d20.8 days0.128 AU1.21 R⊕1.92 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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