Temperature
5575 K
5432.5 to 5823
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Kepler-562
Unclassified star • 992.8 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 159301821
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
0.93 Msun
0.93 to 0.99
Radius
0.90 Rsun
0.88 to 1.14
Age
4.57 Gyr
1 to 4.57
Distance
992.8 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.90 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-562
0.90 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-562 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
18.01 days
Radius
5.21 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-562 and Its Jupiter-Like Planet
Kepler-562 is a star 3240 light-years away with a single known planet orbiting it. The host star is 4.57 billion years old and has a mass of 0.93 solar masses, a radius of 0.9 solar radii, and a temperature of 5580 K. Its reported mass estimate is smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The one known planet is Kepler-562 b, a Jupiter-like world discovered by transit in 2016. A transit occurs when a planet passes in front of its star from our viewpoint, causing a small dip in observed brightness; repeated dips help establish orbital periods. Kepler-562 b completes an orbit every 18 days, and its radius is 5.21 Earth radii. That radius estimate is larger than Earth's, placing the planet beyond the Jupiter-like threshold of four Earth radii by size classification.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5583 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5815 | 0.97 | 0.88 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5815 | 0.97 | 0.88 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5597 | 0.99 | 1.08 | — | 0.02 | — | 992.8 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5575 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 4.57 | — | — | 992.8 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5815 | 0.97 | 0.88 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5823 | — | 1.08 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5583 | — | 0.91 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5432.5 | — | 1.14 | — | 6.30e-3 | — | 992.8 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5583 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5815 | 0.97 | 0.88 | — | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5803 | 0.97 | 0.88 | 1 | — | — | 992.8 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |