Temperature
4861 K
4665 to 4905
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Kepler-942
Unclassified star • 216.4 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 271349932
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
0.81 Msun
0.68 to 0.97
Radius
0.75 Rsun
0.65 to 1.86
Age
4.17 Gyr
4.17 to 14
Distance
216.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.75 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-942
0.75 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-942 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
44.96 days
Radius
2.13 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-942 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-942 is a star located 706 light-years away. The star is 4.17 billion years old and has a mass of 0.81 solar masses, a radius of 0.75 solar radii, and a temperature of 4860 K. Its mass and radius are smaller than the Sun's, and its temperature is cooler than the Sun's. One planet orbits this host.
Kepler-942 b is a Super-Earth discovered by transit in 2016. It completes an orbit every 45 days, and its radius is 2.13 Earth radii, larger than Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
14
Stellar refs
14
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4768 | 0.78 | 0.75 | 6.76 | — | — | 216.4 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4665 | — | 1.34 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4827 | 0.82 | 0.73 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4665 | — | 1.86 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4684 | 0.74 | 0.71 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4861 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 4.17 | — | — | 216.4 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 4768 | — | 0.75 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 4665 | 0.97 | 1.86 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 4719.7 | 0.76 | 0.76 | — | -0.58 | — | 216.4 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 4732 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 14 | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4684 | 0.74 | 0.71 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4684 | 0.74 | 0.71 | — | — | — | 216.4 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4905 | — | 0.67 | — | -0.63 | — | 216.4 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |