Temperature
5526 K
5380.1 to 5696
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Kepler-542
Unclassified star • 436.0 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 137484431
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
0.93 Msun
0.86 to 0.95
Radius
0.90 Rsun
0.89 to 1.04
Age
4.57 Gyr
3.47 to 9.20
Distance
436.0 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.90 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-542
0.90 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-542 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
13.14 days
Radius
1.57 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-542 b: A Super-Earth Orbiting a Single Star
Kepler-542 is a star 1420 light-years away with a single known planet, Kepler-542 b. The host star is 4.57 billion years old, has a mass of 0.93 solar masses, a radius of 0.9 solar radii, and a temperature of 5530 K. Its mass and radius are each a smaller value than the Sun's, and its temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
Kepler-542 b was discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness; repeated dips help establish orbital periods. The planet completes one orbit every 13.1 days. With a radius of 1.57 Earth radii, it is larger than Earth and classified as a Super-Earth, a size class that reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5696 | 0.95 | 1.00 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5639 | 0.89 | 0.95 | 9.20 | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5466 | — | 0.99 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5412 | — | 0.91 | — | -0.19 | — | 436.0 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5476 | — | 0.91 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5526 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 4.57 | — | — | 436.0 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5696 | 0.95 | 1.00 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5380.1 | 0.93 | 1.00 | — | -0.12 | — | 436.0 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5476 | 0.94 | 0.90 | 3.47 | — | — | 436.0 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5696 | 0.95 | 1.00 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5411 | 0.86 | 0.89 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5466 | — | 1.04 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5466 | — | 0.99 | — | — | — | 436.0 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |