Temperature
5690 K
5588 to 5825
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Kepler-96
Unclassified star • 122.9 pc
Records
17
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
18
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 169081296
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: Marcy et al. 2014 • System source: TICv8
Mass
1 Msun
0.95 to 1.03
Radius
1.02 Rsun
0.90 to 1.89
Age
2.34 Gyr
1.78 to 5.90
Distance
122.9 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.02 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-96
1.02 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-96 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2014
Period
16.24 days
Radius
2.67 R⊕
Mass
8.46 M⊕
Eq. Temp
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Kepler-96 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-96 is a star 401 light-years away with one known planet in orbit around it. The host star is 2.34 billion years old and has a mass of 1 solar masses and a radius of 1.02 solar radii. Its temperature is 5690 K, cooler than the Sun's.
The system's only listed planet is Kepler-96 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by the transit method in 2014. Transit detection means the planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. Kepler-96 b has a mass of 8.46 Earth masses and a radius of 2.67 Earth radii, both larger than Earth's. Its mean density is 2.45 g/cm³, 0.444 times Earth's. The planet completes an orbit every 16.2 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
17
Stellar refs
17
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5740 | 1.03 | 0.95 | — | -0.05 | — | 122.9 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5692 | — | 1.02 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5692 | — | 1.02 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5683 | 0.95 | 0.99 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5763 | 1.00 | 0.90 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5692 | 0.99 | 1.02 | 5.90 | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5740 | — | 0.95 | — | — | — | 122.9 | ExoFOP | TICv8 |
| 5751 | — | 0.94 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5763 | 1.00 | 0.90 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5825 | 1.03 | 1.02 | 3.72 | — | — | 122.9 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5751 | 1.01 | 0.94 | 1.78 | — | — | 122.9 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5763 | 1.00 | 0.90 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | 1.01 | — | — | — | — | 122.9 | Weiss et al. 2024 | TICv8 |
| 5651.5 | — | 0.97 | — | -0.06 | — | 122.9 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5588 | — | 1.89 | — | — | — | 122.9 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5690 | 1 | 1.02 | 2.34 | — | — | 122.9 | Marcy et al. 2014 | TICv8 |