Temperature
5582 K
5444 to 5780
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Kepler-961
Unclassified star • 574.3 pc
Records
15
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
16
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 351803452
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
0.96 Msun
0.90 to 1
Radius
0.90 Rsun
0.84 to 1.17
Age
2.82 Gyr
1.45 to 10.90
Distance
574.3 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.90 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-961
0.90 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-961 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
16.88 days
Radius
2.55 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-961 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-961 is a star 1870 light-years away with one known planet in orbit around it. The host star is 2.82 billion years old, has a mass of 0.96 solar masses, and a radius of 0.9 solar radii. Its temperature is 5580 K. Each of these values is smaller or cooler than the Sun: the star's reported mass estimate is smaller than the Sun's, its reported radius estimate is smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The system's only known planet is Kepler-961 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by transit in 2016. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. Kepler-961 b completes an orbit every 16.9 days, and its radius is 2.55 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. That size places it within the Neptune-like class, which extends to four times Earth's radius.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
15
Stellar refs
15
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5780 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5543 | 0.93 | 1.08 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5444 | — | 0.89 | — | -0.20 | — | 574.3 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5582 | 0.96 | 0.90 | 2.82 | — | — | 574.3 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5560 | — | 0.85 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5723 | 0.91 | 1.09 | 10.90 | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5497 | 0.90 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5780 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5553 | 0.98 | 0.86 | — | -0.19 | — | 574.3 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5543 | — | 1.08 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5625 | — | — | — | — | — | 574.3 | KIC - SCPKEY | TICv8 |
| 5543 | — | 1.17 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5560 | 0.93 | 0.84 | 1.45 | — | — | 574.3 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5780 | 0.98 | 1.11 | — | — | — | 574.3 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |