Temperature
6217 K
5760.5 to 6217
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Kepler-1159
Unclassified star • 1213.7 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 270955277
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
1.19 Msun
1.04 to 1.19
Radius
1.28 Rsun
0.93 to 1.39
Age
2.75 Gyr
0.50 to 2.75
Distance
1213.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.28 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1159
1.28 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1159 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
22.71 days
Radius
2.37 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1159 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-1159 is a star located 3960 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The host star is estimated to be 2.75 billion years old, with a mass of 1.19 solar masses and a radius of 1.28 solar radii. Its temperature is 6220 K. The star's reported mass, radius, and temperature estimates are all larger or hotter than the Sun's.
The sole planet, Kepler-1159 b, is classified as a Super-Earth. This size class compares radius with Earth's, covering planets up to 2.5 times Earth's radius. Kepler-1159 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. The planet completes an orbit every 22.7 days and has a radius of 2.37 Earth radii, larger than Earth'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5760.5 | — | 1.34 | — | 0.25 | — | 1213.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6170 | 1.06 | 0.99 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6170 | 1.06 | 0.99 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5937 | — | 0.93 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 6177 | — | 1.26 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5805.6 | 1.04 | 1.39 | — | 0.30 | — | 1213.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 6168 | 1.09 | 1 | 0.50 | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6170 | 1.06 | 0.99 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5937 | — | 0.94 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6217 | 1.19 | 1.28 | 2.75 | — | — | 1213.7 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5937 | 1.04 | 0.94 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6170 | 1.06 | 0.99 | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1213.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |