Temperature
5047 K
4931.9 to 5160
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Stellar HostProfile
Kepler-861
Unclassified star • 850.3 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 63206411
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
0.82 Msun
0.75 to 0.85
Radius
0.78 Rsun
0.75 to 0.88
Age
4.47 Gyr
4.47 to 13.80
Distance
850.3 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.78 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-861
0.78 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-861 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
3.95 days
Radius
2.28 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-861 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-861 is a star located 2770 light-years away, with one known planet in orbit around it. The host star is estimated to be 4.47 billion years old, with a mass of 0.82 solar masses and a radius of 0.78 solar radii. Its temperature is 5050 K. The star's reported mass estimate is smaller than the Sun's, its reported radius estimate is smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The system's only known planet is Kepler-861 b, a Super-Earth 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-861 b completes an orbit every 3.95 days and has a radius of 2.28 Earth radii, which is larger than Earth's radius.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5155 | 0.85 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5160 | — | 0.81 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5155 | 0.85 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5155 | 0.85 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4984 | — | 0.88 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 4984 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5155 | 0.85 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4939.1 | — | 0.83 | — | -0.44 | — | 850.3 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5047 | 0.82 | 0.78 | 4.47 | — | — | 850.3 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 4984 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4931.9 | 0.81 | 0.84 | — | -0.43 | — | 850.3 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5078 | 0.75 | 0.75 | 13.80 | — | — | 850.3 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |