Temperature
4919 K
4821 to 5001
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Kepler-1461
Unclassified star • 679.1 pc
Records
10
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
11
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 279915288
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
0.79 Msun
0.77 to 0.79
Radius
0.74 Rsun
0.61 to 0.75
Age
3.24 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
679.1 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-1461
0.74 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1461 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
29.35 days
Radius
2.03 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1461 b: A Super-Earth in a Distant System
Kepler-1461 is a star located 2210 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The host star is estimated to be 3.24 billion years old, with a mass of 0.79 solar masses and a radius of 0.74 solar radii. Its reported temperature is 4920 K, and the star's reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, while its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The planet orbiting this star is Kepler-1461 b, 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-1461 b completes an orbit every 29.3 days and has a radius of 2.03 Earth radii, which is larger than Earth's radius. Its size classification as a Super-Earth describes its radius rather than its composition. The star's age of 3.24 billion years rounds out the known facts about this system.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
10
Stellar refs
10
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4988 | — | 0.69 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 4986 | 0.77 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4821 | 0.78 | 0.68 | — | -0.64 | — | 679.1 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 679.1 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4838 | — | 0.75 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4987 | 0.78 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4986 | 0.77 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4919 | 0.79 | 0.74 | 3.24 | — | — | 679.1 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 4986 | 0.77 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 679.1 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5001 | — | 0.61 | — | -0.68 | — | 679.1 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |