Temperature
4290 K
4290 to 4608
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Kepler-970
Unclassified star • 331.5 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 122069243
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: Barber et al. 2022 • System source: TICv8
Mass
0.67 Msun
0.64 to 0.70
Radius
0.71 Rsun
0.61 to 1.11
Age
0.10 Gyr
0.10 to 13.90
Luminosity
-0.77 log(Lsun)
-0.88 to -0.77
Distance
331.5 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.71 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-970
0.71 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-970 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
16.74 days
Radius
2.61 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-970 b: A Neptune-Like World Around a Cool Star
Kepler-970 is a star 1080 light-years away with one known planet, Kepler-970 b. The host star is just 0.105 billion years old and has a mass of 0.67 solar masses, a radius of 0.71 solar radii, and a temperature of 4290 K. Its mass, radius, and temperature are all smaller or cooler than the Sun's.
Kepler-970 b was discovered in 2016 by the transit method, in which a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint and causes a small dip in observed brightness. Repeated dips help establish orbital periods. The planet completes one orbit every 16.7 days. With a radius of 2.61 Earth radii, it is larger than Earth and falls within the Neptune-like size class, which reaches four 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
Luminositydisputed
Surface Gravitydisputed
Metallicitydisputed
| ST TEFF | ST MASS | ST RAD | ST AGE | ST LUM | ST SPECTYPE | SY DIST | Stellar Ref | System Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4290 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.10 | -0.77 | — | 331.5 | Barber et al. 2022 | TICv8 |
| 4608 | 0.70 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4562 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 13.90 | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4334 | 0.65 | 0.65 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4399 | — | 1.11 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4399 | 0.67 | 0.64 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 4300.0 | 0.67 | 0.70 | — | -0.82 | — | 331.5 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 4336 | — | 0.66 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 4511 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 4.68 | — | — | 331.5 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 4608 | 0.70 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4608 | 0.70 | 0.72 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4454 | — | 0.61 | — | -0.88 | — | 331.5 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4399 | — | 0.64 | — | — | — | 331.5 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |