Temperature
4764.6 K
4764.6 to 5013
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Stellar HostProfile
Kepler-1966
Unclassified star • 484.6 pc
Records
7
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
8
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 137627194
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: TICv8 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.77 Msun
0.67 to 0.80
Radius
0.76 Rsun
0.66 to 0.84
Luminosity
-0.57 log(Lsun)
single adopted value
Distance
484.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.76 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-1966
0.76 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-1966 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2021
Period
8.62 days
Radius
1.10 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-1966 and Its Earth-Like Planet
Kepler-1966 is a star located 1580 light-years away. It has a mass of 0.77 solar masses, a radius of 0.764 solar radii, and a temperature of 4760 K, making it smaller and cooler than the Sun. One planet orbits this star.
That planet, Kepler-1966 b, is an Earth-like world discovered by transit in 2021. It has a radius of 1.1 Earth radii, larger than Earth's, and an orbital period of 8.62 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
7
Stellar refs
7
System refs
1
Distancestable
Parallaxstable
Temperaturedisputed
Massdisputed
Radiusdisputed
Luminositystable
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5013 | 0.67 | 0.66 | — | — | — | 484.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5009 | 0.80 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 484.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5013 | 0.67 | 0.66 | — | — | — | 484.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 484.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4764.6 | 0.77 | 0.76 | — | -0.57 | — | 484.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5013 | 0.67 | 0.66 | — | — | — | 484.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4829 | — | 0.72 | — | — | — | 484.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |