Temperature
5678 K
5354 to 5902
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Kepler-863
Unclassified star • 1499.7 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 273500946
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
0.96 Msun
0.96 to 1.06
Radius
0.95 Rsun
0.90 to 1.30
Age
3.80 Gyr
2 to 3.80
Distance
1499.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.95 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-863
0.95 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-863 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
15.59 days
Radius
2.90 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-863 and Its Neptune-Like Planet
Kepler-863 is a star located 4890 light-years away. The star is 3.8 billion years old and has a mass of 0.96 solar masses, a radius of 0.95 solar radii, and a temperature of 5680 K. One planet orbits Kepler-863.
That planet is Kepler-863 b, a Neptune-like world discovered by the transit method in 2016. During a transit, 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. Kepler-863 b completes one orbit every 15.6 days, and its radius is 2.9 Earth radii. Its reported radius estimate is larger than Earth's.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5900 | 0.99 | 0.93 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5902 | — | 1.27 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5900 | 0.99 | 0.93 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5880 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 2 | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5354 | — | 1.30 | — | 0.10 | — | 1499.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5661 | — | 0.95 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| 5678 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 3.80 | — | — | 1499.7 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5878 | 1.06 | 1.24 | — | 0.22 | — | 1499.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5661 | — | 0.90 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5661 | — | 0.90 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5900 | 0.99 | 0.93 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5900 | 0.99 | 0.93 | — | — | — | 1499.7 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |