Kepler-1921

Planetary system · 3030.0 light-years away

Kepler-1921 is 3,030 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 2 planets around this 6,120 K star; the first was found in 2021 by transit (Kepler).

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Worth knowing

Kepler-1921 c goes round its star every 3.16 days, 28 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.

The star

Surface temperature6,120 K
Mass1.251 solar masses
Radius2 solar radii
Luminosity6.401 times the Sun
Apparent magnitude13.103
Ageabout 3.39 billion years
Distance from the Sun3030.0 light-years (929.0 parsecs)
Position (J2000)RA 300.3162°, Dec 45.4953°
ConstellationCygnus

Planets (2)

PlanetYearOrbitRadiusMassFound
Kepler-1921 c3.16 days0.0454 AU1.41 R⊕2.57 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2023
Kepler-1921 b20.0 days0.159 AU2.8946 R⊕8.72 M⊕ estimatedTransit, 2021

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 6,120 K, 6.4 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 2.36 to 4.12 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 3,030 years ago, around 1000 BC.

Nearest systems to it

Also found by Kepler

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