Temperature
5350 K
5043.5 to 5350
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Kepler-955
Unclassified star • 550.4 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 121603761
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
0.89 Msun
0.80 to 0.89
Radius
0.84 Rsun
0.73 to 0.95
Age
4.37 Gyr
4.37 to 13.30
Distance
550.4 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.84 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-955
0.84 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-955 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
14.53 days
Radius
3.13 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-955 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-955 is a star located 1,800 light-years away, and it hosts one known planet. The star is estimated to be 4.37 billion years old, with a mass of 0.89 solar masses, a radius of 0.84 solar radii, and a temperature of 5350 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are both smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The planet Kepler-955 b was discovered by transit in 2016, when it passed in front of its star from our viewpoint and caused a small dip in observed brightness. It is classified as Neptune-like, a size class that reaches 4 times Earth's radius. Its radius is 3.13 Earth radii, larger than Earth's, and it completes one orbit every 14.5 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5043.5 | — | 0.78 | — | -0.44 | — | 550.4 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5331 | 0.80 | 0.86 | 13.30 | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5348 | — | 0.73 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5345 | 0.80 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5345 | 0.80 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5345 | 0.80 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5178 | — | 0.84 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5178 | — | 0.95 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5345 | 0.80 | 0.86 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 550.4 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5350 | 0.89 | 0.84 | 4.37 | — | — | 550.4 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5204 | 0.89 | 0.77 | — | -0.41 | — | 550.4 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5178 | 0.81 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 550.4 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |