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Kepler-261

Kepler-261 is an orange dwarf 1.04 thousand light-years from Earth, with a temperature of 5,098 K, 0.83 times the Sun's mass and an age of about 0.87 billion years. It has 2 known planets.

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Planets
2 
Distance
1.04 thousand light-years317 pc
Star
5,098 K0.79 R☉

About this system

The innermost, Kepler-261 b, circles it in 10.4 days; the outermost, Kepler-261 c, in 24.6 days.

Worlds of Kepler-261

NameTypeSizeA yearTemperature
Kepler-261 bSub-Neptune 2.2 × Earth10.4 days672 K
Kepler-261 cSub-Neptune 2 × Earth24.6 days505 K