Temperature
6132 K
5802 to 6257
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Kepler-1609
Unclassified star • 1826.0 pc
Records
10
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
11
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 122302031
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
1.18 Msun
1.04 to 1.23
Radius
1.27 Rsun
1.05 to 1.71
Age
3.02 Gyr
single adopted value
Distance
1826.0 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.27 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1609
1.27 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1609 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
114.3 days
Radius
2.22 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1609 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-1609 is a star located 5960 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The star is estimated to be 3.02 billion years old, with a mass of 1.18 solar masses and a radius of 1.27 solar radii. Its temperature is 6130 K, which is hotter than the Sun's, and both its reported mass and radius estimates are larger than the Sun's.
The planet, Kepler-1609 b, was discovered by transit 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-1609 b has an orbital period of 114 days, the time it takes to complete one orbit. Its radius is 2.22 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. That radius places it in the Super-Earth size class, which reaches up to 2.5 times Earth's radius.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5802 | 1.04 | 1.32 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5802 | — | 1.67 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5826 | 1.05 | 1.71 | — | 0.48 | — | 1826.0 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5892.9 | — | 1.64 | — | 0.46 | — | 1826.0 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 6132 | 1.18 | 1.27 | 3.02 | — | — | 1826.0 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 6016 | — | 1.05 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 6257 | 1.23 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6257 | 1.23 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6257 | 1.23 | 1.19 | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1826.0 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |