Temperature
4895 K
4853 to 5096
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Kepler-1242
Unclassified star • 687.6 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 120317833
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
0.77 Msun
0.77 to 0.93
Radius
0.74 Rsun
0.64 to 1.02
Age
5.62 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
687.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.74 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1242
0.74 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1242 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
13.63 days
Radius
2.26 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1242 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-1242 is a star 2240 light-years away with one planet in orbit. The star is 5.62 billion years old and has a mass of 0.77 solar masses, a radius of 0.74 solar radii, and a temperature of 4900 K. The star's mass and radius are smaller than the Sun's, and its temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The planet, Kepler-1242 b, is a Super-Earth discovered by the transit method 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-1242 b completes an orbit every 13.6 days and has a radius of 2.26 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
Agestable
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5096 | — | 0.64 | — | -0.60 | — | 687.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5052 | 0.81 | 0.85 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4862 | — | 1.02 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4862 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5044 | — | 0.73 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 4862 | 0.81 | 0.82 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5052 | 0.81 | 0.85 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4853 | 0.79 | 0.78 | — | -0.52 | — | 687.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5052 | 0.81 | 0.85 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4862 | 0.93 | 1.02 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5052 | 0.81 | 0.85 | — | — | — | 687.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4895 | 0.77 | 0.74 | 5.62 | — | — | 687.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |