Temperature
6074 K
5824 to 6110
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Kepler-1278
Unclassified star • 889.4 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 164413187
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
1.11 Msun
0.88 to 1.11
Radius
1.16 Rsun
0.79 to 1.44
Age
3.31 Gyr
0.30 to 5.62
Distance
889.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.16 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1278
1.16 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1278 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
3.24 days
Radius
1.01 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1278 b: A Single Earth-Sized World in a Distant System
Kepler-1278 is a star located 2,900 light-years away. It has one planet. The star's reported mass estimate is 1.11 solar masses, larger than the Sun's, and its reported radius estimate is 1.16 solar radii, also larger than the Sun's. Its temperature is 6,070 K, hotter than the Sun's, and its age is 3.31 billion years.
The planet Kepler-1278 b was discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness that repeats with each orbit. Kepler-1278 b is classified as Earth-like, a size class that stays within 1.5 times Earth's radius. It has a radius of 1.01 Earth radii and an orbital period of 3.24 days, the time it takes to complete one orbit, which is its year.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6075 | 0.93 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6010 | 1.09 | 1.38 | 5.62 | — | — | 889.4 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 0.93 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6022 | 1.11 | 1.40 | — | 0.37 | — | 889.4 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5824 | — | 0.79 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5824 | — | 0.87 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 6110 | 1.07 | 0.98 | 0.30 | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6010 | — | 1.40 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5824 | 0.88 | 0.79 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6074 | 1.11 | 1.16 | 3.31 | — | — | 889.4 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 0.93 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 0.93 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 889.4 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5844 | — | 1.44 | — | 0.34 | — | 889.4 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |