Kepler-197 is 1,078 light-years from the Sun. The NASA Exoplanet Archive lists 4 planets around this 6,004 K star; the first was found in 2014 by transit (Kepler).
Fly there in 3DKepler-197 b goes round its star every 5.60 days, 16 times as often as Mercury goes round the Sun.
Kepler-197 is one of 2 stars in its system. The position of the other star is not catalogued, so only Kepler-197 and its planets are drawn.
| Surface temperature | 6,004 K |
| Mass | 0.857 solar masses |
| Radius | 1.12 solar radii |
| Luminosity | 1.667 times the Sun |
| Apparent magnitude | 11.775 |
| Age | about 5.37 billion years |
| Distance from the Sun | 1078.2 light-years (330.6 parsecs) |
| Position (J2000) | RA 295.2265°, Dec 50.5592° |
| Constellation | Cygnus |
| Planet | Year | Orbit | Radius | Mass | Found |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kepler-197 b | 5.60 days | 0.0600 AU | 1.02 R⊕ | 1.04 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-197 c | 10.3 days | 0.0900 AU | 1.23 R⊕ | 5.3 M⊕ | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-197 d | 15.7 days | 0.119 AU | 1.22 R⊕ | 1.98 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 2014 |
| Kepler-197 e | 25.2 days | 0.164 AU | 0.91 R⊕ | 0.693 M⊕ estimated | Transit, 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.
For a star of 6,004 K, 1.7 times as bright as the Sun, the habitable zone, where starlight could keep water liquid on a rocky surface, runs from about 1.21 to 2.12 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 1,078 years ago, around AD 950.