Stellar HostProfile

Kepler-179

Unclassified star • 605.7 pc

Records

literature rows

Planets

system count

References

distinct source labels

TIC: TIC 268057162

Approximate color

from effective temperature

Stellar source: Morton et al. 2016 • System source: TICv8

Temperature

5475 K

5062 to 5475

21 values • 10 distinct

Mass

0.91 Msun

0.84 to 0.91

13 values • 6 distinct

Radius

0.87 Rsun

0.63 to 0.89

20 values • 11 distinct

Age

4.27 Gyr

0.60 to 4.27

4 values • 3 distinct

Distance

605.7 pc

single adopted value

23 values • 1 distinct

Planets

Stable across source rows

Sun

1.0 R☉ baseline

Kepler-179

0.87 R☉

Discovery

2014

Period

2.74 days

Radius

1.64 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Discovery

2014

Period

6.40 days

Radius

2 R⊕

Mass

—

Eq. Temp

—

Kepler-179: A Cool Star and Two Super-Earths

Kepler-179 is a star 1980 light-years away with two planets in orbit. Its age is 4.27 billion years, and its mass is 0.91 solar masses, with a radius of 0.87 solar radii and a temperature of 5480 K. The star's reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.

Both planets were found by transit in 2014, the same method that reveals a planet passing in front of its star as seen from Earth. Kepler-179 b orbits every 2.74 days and has a radius of 1.64 Earth radii. Kepler-179 c orbits every 6.4 days and has a radius of 2 Earth radii. Kepler-179 c's radius is larger than Earth's.

Both worlds are classified as Super-Earths, a size class reaching 2.5 times Earth's radius. Among the listed planets, Kepler-179 b has the shortest year, at 2.74 days, and the smallest radius, at 1.64 Earth radii. Kepler-179 c has the longest year, at 6.4 days, and the largest radius, at 2 Earth radii.

Evidence Summary

Rows

Stellar refs

System refs

Distancestable

23 values • 1 distinct

Parallaxstable

23 values • 1 distinct

Temperaturedisputed

21 values • 10 distinct

Massdisputed

13 values • 6 distinct

Radiusdisputed

20 values • 11 distinct

Agedisputed

4 values • 3 distinct

Luminositydisputed

2 values • 2 distinct

Surface Gravitydisputed

18 values • 8 distinct

Metallicitydisputed

13 values • 7 distinct

ST TEFF	ST MASS	ST RAD	ST AGE	ST LUM	ST SPECTYPE	SY DIST	Stellar Ref	System Ref
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q16 KOI Table	TICv8
5475	0.91	0.87	4.27	—	—	605.7	Morton et al. 2016	TICv8
5309	—	—	—	—	—	605.7	KIC - SCPKEY	TICv8
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table	TICv8
5145	—	0.72	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q6 KOI Table	TICv8
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q16 KOI Table	TICv8
5145	—	0.72	—	—	—	605.7	Batalha et al. 2013	TICv8
5289	0.84	0.74	0.60	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q8 KOI Table	TICv8
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q12 KOI Table	TICv8
5062	—	0.87	—	-0.35	—	605.7	Gaia DR2	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table	TICv8
5299	0.86	0.77	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table	TICv8
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table	TICv8
5299	0.86	0.77	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table	TICv8
5302	—	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Rowe et al. 2014	TICv8
5257	—	0.83	—	—	—	605.7	Berger et al. 2018	TICv8
5289	0.84	0.74	0.60	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q8 KOI Table	TICv8
5145	—	0.63	—	—	—	605.7	Latham et al. 2005	TICv8
—	—	—	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table	TICv8
5145	—	0.72	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q6 KOI Table	TICv8
5294	0.85	0.76	—	—	—	605.7	Q1-Q12 KOI Table	TICv8
5257	0.89	0.82	1.74	—	—	605.7	Fulton & Petigura 2018	TICv8
5218.4	0.89	0.89	—	-0.28	—	605.7	TICv8	TICv8

Kepler-179

Adopted host values from one source row

Radius against the Sun

Known planets

Kepler-179 b

Kepler-179 c

Kepler-179: A Cool Star and Two Super-Earths

Underlying measurements and references