Temperature
5992 K
5224.4 to 5992
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Kepler-766
Unclassified star • 2297.6 pc
Records
12
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
13
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 138036952
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
1.10 Msun
1 to 1.10
Radius
1.15 Rsun
0.83 to 1.96
Age
3.63 Gyr
0.30 to 3.63
Distance
2297.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 1.15 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-766
1.15 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-766 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
6.10 days
Radius
3.39 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-766 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-766 is a star located 7490 light-years away. It has 1.1 solar masses and 1.15 solar radii, making it more massive and larger than the Sun. Its temperature is 5990 K, hotter than the Sun, and its age is 3.63 billion years. One planet is known to orbit this star.
That planet, Kepler-766 b, is Neptune-like, a size class that reaches 4 times Earth's radius. Its radius is 3.39 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. It 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, and Kepler-766 b's orbital period is 6.1 days.
Provenance
Underlying measurements and references
Evidence Summary
Rows
12
Stellar refs
12
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5957 | 1.03 | 0.94 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5658 | 1 | 1.75 | — | 0.45 | — | 2297.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5224.4 | — | 1.96 | — | 0.41 | — | 2297.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5704 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5957 | 1.03 | 0.94 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5957 | 1.03 | 0.94 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5957 | 1.03 | 0.94 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5704 | — | 0.89 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5992 | 1.10 | 1.15 | 3.63 | — | — | 2297.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5938 | 1.02 | 0.91 | 0.30 | — | — | 2297.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5704 | — | 0.83 | — | — | — | 2297.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |