Kepler-1801

Planetary system · 2737.5 light-years away

Kepler-1801 is 2,738 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 5,738 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1801 b goes round its star every 10.4 days, 8 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature5,738 K
Mass0.936 solar masses
Radius0.981 solar radii
Luminosity0.5988 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude15.28
Ageabout 8.1 billion years
Distance from the Sun2737.5 light-years (839.3 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 295.1640°, Dec 39.2014°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1801 b10.4 days0.0915 AU2.7093 R⊕7.8 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021
Kepler-1801 c116.6 days0.457 AU2.91 R⊕8.8 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023

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.

The planets, compared

For a star of 5,738 K, 0.60 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 0.74 to 1.30 AU. None of its known planets orbits inside it. The zone says how much starlight arrives, not whether a planet has water or air. The edges follow Kopparapu et al. (2014), as the 3D view draws them.

The light you see left 2,738 years ago, around 700 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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