Temperature
5310 K
4967 to 5310
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Kepler-979
Unclassified star • 576.5 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 239285770
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
0.87 Msun
0.81 to 0.88
Radius
0.83 Rsun
0.70 to 0.87
Age
4.57 Gyr
0.60 to 4.57
Distance
576.5 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.83 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-979
0.83 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-979 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
8.09 days
Radius
2.72 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-979 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-979 is a star 1880 light-years away with one planet in its catalog. The host star is 4.57 billion years old and has a mass of 0.87 solar masses, a radius of 0.83 solar radii, and a temperature of 5310 K. Its reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The system's planet is Kepler-979 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by transit in 2016. It orbits every 8.09 days and has a radius of 2.72 Earth radii, larger than Earth's.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5201 | 0.84 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5269 | 0.87 | 0.87 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5201 | 0.84 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5066 | — | 0.73 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5310 | 0.87 | 0.83 | 4.57 | — | — | 576.5 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5066 | — | 0.70 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4967 | — | 0.86 | — | -0.40 | — | 576.5 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5066 | 0.82 | 0.73 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5271 | — | 0.80 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5186.7 | 0.88 | 0.86 | — | -0.32 | — | 576.5 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5201 | 0.84 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5171 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.60 | — | — | 576.5 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |