Stellar HostProfile

Kepler-1559

Unclassified star • 614.8 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 63213956

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

5316 K

5112 to 5406

10 values • 7 distinct

Mass

0.86 Msun

0.83 to 0.93

7 values • 5 distinct

Radius

0.82 Rsun

0.75 to 0.91

10 values • 8 distinct

Age

4.27 Gyr

4.27 to 7.94

2 values • 2 distinct

Distance

614.8 pc

single adopted value

11 values • 1 distinct

Planets

Stable across source rows

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

Kepler-1559

0.82 R☉

Discovery

2016

Period

0.97 days

Radius

0.72 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Kepler-1559 and Its Sub-Earth Planet

Kepler-1559 is a star 2010 light-years away with one known planet. The star is 4.27 billion years old and has a mass of 0.86 solar masses, a radius of 0.82 solar radii, and a temperature of 5320 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.

The planet Kepler-1559 b is a Sub-Earth, a size class for planets smaller than Earth. It was discovered by transit in 2016, and its radius is 0.72 Earth radii. Its reported radius estimate is smaller than Earth's. The planet completes an orbit in 0.972 days.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

11 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

11 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

10 values • 7 distinct

Massdisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Radiusdisputed

10 values • 8 distinct

Agedisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

8 values • 6 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
5224	—	0.89	—	—	—	614.8	Berger et al. 2018	TICv8
5224	0.87	0.88	7.94	—	—	614.8	Fulton & Petigura 2018	TICv8
5316	0.86	0.82	4.27	—	—	614.8	Morton et al. 2016	TICv8
5112	—	0.91	—	-0.30	—	614.8	Gaia DR2	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	614.8	Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table	TICv8
5406	0.93	0.82	—	—	—	614.8	Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table	TICv8
5406	0.93	0.82	—	—	—	614.8	Q1-Q12 KOI Table	TICv8
5211	—	0.75	—	—	—	614.8	Latham et al. 2005	TICv8
5406	0.93	0.82	—	—	—	614.8	Q1-Q16 KOI Table	TICv8
5196	0.83	0.89	—	—	—	614.8	Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table	TICv8
5216.8	0.89	0.89	—	-0.28	—	614.8	TICv8	TICv8

Kepler-1559

Adopted host values from one source row

Radius against the Sun

Known planets

Kepler-1559 b

Kepler-1559 and Its Sub-Earth Planet

Underlying measurements and references