Temperature
5549 K
5398.8 to 5757
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Kepler-587
Unclassified star • 787.9 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 158838923
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
0.92 Msun
0.92 to 0.97
Radius
0.89 Rsun
0.61 to 0.89
Age
4.79 Gyr
0.40 to 4.79
Distance
787.9 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.89 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-587
0.89 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-587 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
10.94 days
Radius
2.23 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-587 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-587 is a star located 2570 light-years from Earth, and it hosts one known planet. The star is 4.79 billion years old and has a mass of 0.92 solar masses, a radius of 0.89 solar radii, and a temperature of 5550 K.
The planet, Kepler-587 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. It completes an orbit every 10.9 days. With a radius of 2.23 Earth radii, it is classified as a Super-Earth, a size class that reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius. Its reported radius estimate is larger than Earth's, and the star's reported temperature is cooler than the Sun'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5517 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5723 | 0.96 | 0.85 | 0.40 | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5549 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 4.79 | — | — | 787.9 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5517 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5398.8 | — | 0.86 | — | -0.25 | — | 787.9 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5755 | — | 0.81 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5749 | 0.96 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5467 | 0.96 | 0.85 | — | -0.24 | — | 787.9 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5757 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5517 | — | 0.61 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5757 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5757 | 0.97 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 787.9 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |