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Kepler-68

Unclassified star • 144.2 pc

Records

27

literature rows

Planets

4

system count

References

22

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 417676622

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Canonical Summary

Adopted host values from all rows

Numeric fields use the median of non-null measurements. Disagreement stays visible through ranges, counts, and provenance.

Temperature

5793 K

5658 to 5875.2

23 values • 8 distinct

Mass

1.07 Msun

1.00 to 1.19

19 values • 10 distinct

Radius

1.24 Rsun

1.06 to 1.28

24 values • 14 distinct

Age

6.37 Gyr

6.30 to 7.41

7 values • 5 distinct

Luminosity

0.22 log(Lsun)

0.19 to 0.23

3 values • 3 distinct

Distance

144.2 pc

single adopted value

27 values • 1 distinct

Planets

4

Stable across source rows

4

Scale Comparison

Radius against the Sun

Current adopted radius: 1.24 R☉ • circles scaled linearly by radius

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

Kepler-68

1.24 R☉

System Layout

Known planets

4 planets linked to this host

Kepler-68 d

Radial Velocity

◌

Discovery

2013

Period

634.6 days

Radius

—

Mass

244.7 M⊕

Eq. Temp

—

◌

Discovery

2013

Period

5.40 days

Radius

—

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Kepler-68 e

Radial Velocity

◌

Discovery

2023

Period

4464.4 days

Radius

—

Mass

164.0 M⊕

Eq. Temp

—

◌

Discovery

2013

Period

9.61 days

Radius

0.94 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Provenance

Underlying measurements and references

Evidence Summary

Rows

27

Stellar refs

21

System refs

1

Distancestable

27 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

27 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

23 values • 8 distinct

Massdisputed

19 values • 10 distinct

Radiusdisputed

24 values • 14 distinct

Agedisputed

7 values • 5 distinct

Luminositydisputed

3 values • 3 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

19 values • 6 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

16 values • 7 distinct

ST TEFFST MASSST RADST AGEST LUMST SPECTYPESY DISTStellar RefSystem Ref
5793—1.24———144.2Batalha et al. 2013TICv8
57931.071.246.37——144.2Q1-Q8 KOI TableTICv8
57901.001.20———144.2Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI TableTICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q12 KOI TableTICv8
57891.041.257.41——144.2Fulton & Petigura 2018TICv8
57901.001.20———144.2Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI TableTICv8
58641.061.236.31——144.2Morton et al. 2016TICv8
57931.071.246.37——144.2Q1-Q8 KOI TableTICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q16 KOI TableTICv8
5875.21.061.26—0.23—144.2TICv8TICv8
57931.081.246.30——144.2Marcy et al. 2014TICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI TableTICv8
58471.061.266.84——144.2Bonomo et al. 2023TICv8
5840—1.26—0.22—144.2Gaia DR2TICv8
—1.071.24———144.2Silva Aguirre et al. 2015TICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q12 KOI TableTICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI TableTICv8
57931.191.28———144.2Stassun et al. 2017TICv8
5658—1.06———144.2Latham et al. 2005TICv8
—1.04————144.2Weiss et al. 2024TICv8
——————144.2Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI TableTICv8
5789—1.26———144.2Berger et al. 2018TICv8
——————144.2Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI TableTICv8
57931.081.24———144.2Q1-Q16 KOI TableTICv8
5875.2—1.26———144.2ExoFOPTICv8
5793—1.24———144.2Q1-Q6 KOI TableTICv8
57931.081.246.300.19—144.2Gilliland et al. 2013TICv8