Temperature
5887 K
5422 to 6076
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Kepler-666
Unclassified star • 1508.7 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 267989336
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
1.03 Msun
1.03 to 1.06
Radius
1.05 Rsun
0.85 to 1.34
Age
3.80 Gyr
0.30 to 3.80
Distance
1508.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.05 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-666
1.05 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-666 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
4.50 days
Radius
2.40 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-666 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-666 is a star 4920 light-years away with one known planet. The host star is 3.8 billion years old and has 1.03 solar masses, 1.05 solar radii, and a temperature of 5890 K.
The planet Kepler-666 b is a Super-Earth discovered by transit in 2016. It orbits every 4.5 days and has a radius of 2.4 Earth radii, larger than Earth's.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
13
Stellar refs
13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5887 | 1.03 | 1.05 | 3.80 | — | — | 1508.7 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 6057 | 1.06 | 0.96 | 0.30 | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5779 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5783 | 1.04 | 1.23 | — | 0.18 | — | 1508.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 1.05 | 0.97 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 1.05 | 0.97 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 1.05 | 0.97 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 6075 | 1.05 | 0.97 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5779 | — | 0.85 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5422 | — | 1.34 | — | 0.14 | — | 1508.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5779 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 6076 | — | 1.18 | — | — | — | 1508.7 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |