Stellar HostProfile

Kepler-116

Unclassified star • 955.2 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 271260980

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

6187 K

6122 to 6495

20 values • 9 distinct

Mass

1.21 Msun

1.12 to 1.23

14 values • 7 distinct

Radius

1.43 Rsun

1.10 to 1.45

20 values • 11 distinct

Age

3.31 Gyr

0.34 to 3.31

4 values • 3 distinct

Distance

955.2 pc

single adopted value

22 values • 1 distinct

Planets

Stable across source rows

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

Kepler-116

1.43 R☉

Discovery

2014

Period

5.97 days

Radius

3.42 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Discovery

2014

Period

13.07 days

Radius

2.30 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Kepler-116 and Its Two Planets

Kepler-116 is a star 3120 light-years away with two known planets, both discovered by transit in 2014. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness, and repeated dips help establish orbital periods.

The host star is 3.31 billion years old, with a mass of 1.21 solar masses and a radius of 1.43 solar radii. Its temperature is 6190 K, hotter than the Sun's, and its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's.

Kepler-116 b is a Neptune-like planet with an orbital period of 5.97 days and a radius of 3.42 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Among the listed planets, it has the shortest year and the largest radius. Kepler-116 c is a Super-Earth with an orbital period of 13.1 days and a radius of 2.3 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Among the listed planets, it has the longest year and the smallest radius.

Size classes compare radius with Earth's: a Super-Earth reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius, while a Neptune-like planet reaches 4 times. Earth radii compare radius, not volume.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

22 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

22 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

20 values • 9 distinct

Massdisputed

14 values • 7 distinct

Radiusdisputed

20 values • 11 distinct

Agedisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

17 values • 7 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

11 values • 5 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q12 KOI Table	TICv8
6495	1.21	1.15	0.34	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q8 KOI Table	TICv8
6287	1.16	1.12	—	—	—	955.2	Batalha et al. 2013	TICv8
6287	—	1.12	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q6 KOI Table	TICv8
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q16 KOI Table	TICv8
6122	1.12	1.44	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table	TICv8
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q16 KOI Table	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table	TICv8
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table	TICv8
6287	—	1.12	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q6 KOI Table	TICv8
6495	1.21	1.15	0.34	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q8 KOI Table	TICv8
6142	—	1.45	—	—	—	955.2	Rowe et al. 2014	TICv8
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table	TICv8
6122	1.12	1.44	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table	TICv8
6220	—	1.41	—	—	—	955.2	Berger et al. 2018	TICv8
6282	1.23	1.37	—	0.42	—	955.2	TICv8	TICv8
6287	—	1.10	—	—	—	955.2	Latham et al. 2005	TICv8
6484	1.20	1.17	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q12 KOI Table	TICv8
6187	1.21	1.43	3.31	—	—	955.2	Morton et al. 2016	TICv8
6220	1.20	1.38	3.16	—	—	955.2	Fulton & Petigura 2018	TICv8
6129	—	1.36	—	0.37	—	955.2	Gaia DR2	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	955.2	Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table	TICv8

Kepler-116

Adopted host values from one source row

Radius against the Sun

Known planets

Kepler-116 b

Kepler-116 c

Kepler-116 and Its Two Planets

Underlying measurements and references