Temperature
5475 K
4874 to 5475
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Kepler-796
Unclassified star • 817.6 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 121214909
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
0.93 to 1.27
Radius
1.09 Rsun
0.89 to 2.64
Age
11.75 Gyr
4.90 to 11.75
Distance
817.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.09 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-796
1.09 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-796 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
6.40 days
Radius
1.30 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-796 b: A Close-In Earth-Like World
Kepler-796 is a star located 2670 light-years away, with an age of 11.8 billion years. Its reported mass estimate is 0.93 solar masses, smaller than the Sun's, and its radius is 1.09 solar radii. The star's reported temperature is 5480 K, cooler than the Sun's. One planet orbits this host.
That planet is Kepler-796 b, an Earth-like world discovered by transit in 2016. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. Kepler-796 b completes an orbit every 6.4 days and has a radius of 1.3 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. Its size class compares radius with Earth's, and at 1.3 Earth radii it falls within the Earth-like range, which stays within 1.5 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
Luminositystable
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4935 | — | 2.64 | — | 0.57 | — | 817.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5353 | 1.10 | 1.88 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4874 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5353 | 1.10 | 1.88 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5426 | 0.94 | 1.42 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5356 | — | 1.69 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5353 | 1.10 | 1.88 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5317 | — | 2.46 | — | — | — | 817.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5356 | 1.06 | 1.69 | 9.90 | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5319 | — | 2.42 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5356 | — | 1.69 | — | — | — | 817.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5475 | 0.93 | 1.09 | 11.75 | — | — | 817.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5319 | 1.27 | 2.37 | 4.90 | — | — | 817.6 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |