Temperature
6025 K
5949 to 6283
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Kepler-508
Unclassified star • 324.6 pc
Records
15
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
12
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 271671025
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
1.16 Msun
1.03 to 1.27
Radius
1.25 Rsun
1.07 to 1.77
Age
3.55 Gyr
3.55 to 4.17
Distance
324.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.25 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-508
1.25 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-508 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
25.31 days
Radius
1.64 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-508 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-508 is a star 1060 light-years away with one known planet in orbit around it. The host star is 3.55 billion years old and has a mass of 1.16 solar masses, a radius of 1.25 solar radii, and a temperature of 6030 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is hotter than the Sun's.
The planet, Kepler-508 b, was discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. Repeated dips help establish orbital periods. Kepler-508 b is classified as a Super-Earth, a size class that reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius, and its reported radius estimate of 1.64 Earth radii is larger than Earth's. It completes an orbit every 25.3 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Stellar refs
11
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6283 | 1.27 | 1.77 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6283 | 1.27 | 1.77 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6150 | 1.07 | 1.19 | 4.17 | — | — | 324.6 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 6032.5 | — | 1.23 | — | 0.26 | — | 324.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5949 | 1.14 | 1.29 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6283 | 1.27 | 1.77 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6203.1 | 1.19 | 1.21 | — | 0.29 | — | 324.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6283 | 1.27 | 1.77 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6283 | 1.27 | 1.77 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5949 | 1.14 | 1.29 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6150 | — | 1.21 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5981 | 1.03 | 1.07 | — | — | — | 324.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6025 | 1.16 | 1.25 | 3.55 | — | — | 324.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |