Temperature
5641 K
5338 to 5743
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Kepler-1116
Unclassified star • 1008.6 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 63076026
Approximate color
from effective temperature
Canonical Summary
Adopted host values from one source row
Values come from the row with the most populated summary measurements. Missing values stay missing. Ranges and counts describe all source rows.
Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.95 Msun
0.92 to 0.97
Radius
0.93 Rsun
0.76 to 0.96
Age
4.90 Gyr
0.50 to 4.90
Distance
1008.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.93 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1116
0.93 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1116 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
41.70 days
Radius
2.54 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1116 and Its Neptunian World
Kepler-1116 is a star located 3290 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The star is 4.9 billion years old, holds 0.95 solar masses, spans 0.93 solar radii, and has a temperature of 5640 K, cooler than the Sun's.
The sole planet, Kepler-1116 b, was discovered by the transit method in 2016 and is classified as Neptune-like, a size class reaching up to four times Earth's radius. It orbits every 41.7 days and has a radius of 2.54 Earth radii, larger than Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
13
Stellar refs
13
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Agedisputed
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5641 | 0.95 | 0.93 | 4.90 | — | — | 1008.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5502 | — | 0.76 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5502 | — | 0.83 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5737 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5460 | 0.95 | 0.94 | — | -0.15 | — | 1008.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5743 | — | 0.94 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5737 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5713 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 0.50 | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5737 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5502 | 0.92 | 0.83 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5338 | — | 0.96 | — | -0.17 | — | 1008.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5730 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 1008.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |