Temperature
5946 K
5811.3 to 5946
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Kepler-540
Unclassified star • 390.4 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 159452015
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
1.02 Msun
0.90 to 1.04
Radius
1.08 Rsun
1.08 to 1.26
Age
4.90 Gyr
4.90 to 10.72
Distance
390.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.08 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-540
1.08 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-540 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
172.7 days
Radius
2.71 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-540 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-540 is a star located 1,270 light-years away. It is 4.9 billion years old, has a mass of 1.02 solar masses, and a radius of 1.08 solar radii. Its temperature of 5,950 K is hotter than the Sun's. One planet has been found orbiting this star.
That planet is Kepler-540 b, a Neptune-like world discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passing in front of its star from our viewpoint causes a small dip in observed brightness. Its radius of 2.71 Earth radii is larger than Earth's, and it completes one orbit every 173 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5811.3 | 1.04 | 1.25 | — | 0.21 | — | 390.4 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5839 | 0.90 | 1.25 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5833 | — | 1.21 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5946 | 1.02 | 1.08 | 4.90 | — | — | 390.4 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5842 | — | 1.22 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5842 | 0.91 | 1.21 | 10.72 | — | — | 390.4 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5829 | — | 1.22 | — | 0.19 | — | 390.4 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5839 | 0.90 | 1.25 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5833 | 0.94 | 1.21 | 9.80 | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5851 | 0.91 | 1.12 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5833 | — | 1.21 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5839 | 0.90 | 1.25 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5829 | — | 1.26 | — | — | — | 390.4 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |