Temperature
5813 K
5416.5 to 5934
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Stellar HostProfile
Kepler-500
Unclassified star • 807.5 pc
Records
14
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
15
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 271968263
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
1.02 Msun
0.96 to 1.12
Radius
1.03 Rsun
0.89 to 1.20
Age
4.37 Gyr
0.90 to 4.37
Distance
807.5 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.03 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-500
1.03 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-500 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
8.51 days
Radius
2.58 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-500 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-500 is a star located 2630 light-years away. It has 1.02 solar masses and 1.03 solar radii, meaning its mass and radius are each close to the Sun's. Its temperature is 5810 K, and its age is 4.37 billion years. One planet has been found orbiting this host.
That planet is Kepler-500 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by the transit method in 2016. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness. Kepler-500 b completes an orbit every 8.51 days. Its radius is 2.58 Earth radii, an estimate larger than Earth's. Under the size classes used for planets, a Neptune-like planet reaches 4 times Earth's radius, and Kepler-500 b falls within that range while remaining well above Earth's size.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5679 | — | 0.94 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5679 | — | 0.92 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5934 | 1.12 | 1.01 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5767 | 0.96 | 1.03 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5934 | 1.12 | 1.01 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5813 | 1.02 | 1.03 | 4.37 | — | — | 807.5 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5674.1 | 1.01 | 1.18 | — | 0.12 | — | 807.5 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5748 | — | 1.13 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5416.5 | — | 1.20 | — | 0.05 | — | 807.5 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5829 | 0.98 | 0.89 | 0.90 | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5679 | — | 0.94 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5934 | 1.12 | 1.01 | — | — | — | 807.5 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5748 | 1.08 | 1.12 | 3.98 | — | — | 807.5 | Fulton & Petigura 2018 | TICv8 |