Temperature
5044 K
4962 to 5170
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Kepler-878
Unclassified star • 791.6 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 164892142
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
0.81 Msun
0.72 to 0.89
Radius
0.77 Rsun
0.72 to 1.09
Age
4.57 Gyr
4.57 to 14
Distance
791.6 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.77 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-878
0.77 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-878 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
25.94 days
Radius
1.93 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-878 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-878 is a star located 2580 light-years away. It hosts one known planet. The star is estimated to be 4.57 billion years old, with a mass of 0.81 solar masses and a radius of 0.77 solar radii. Its temperature is 5040 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 planet Kepler-878 b was 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. Kepler-878 b is classified as a Super-Earth, a size class that reaches 2.5 times Earth's radius. Its radius is 1.93 Earth radii, larger than Earth's. It completes an orbit every 25.9 days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4970 | — | 1.09 | — | -0.18 | — | 791.6 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5167 | 0.89 | 0.80 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5121 | 0.72 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5134 | 0.76 | 0.77 | 14 | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5121 | 0.72 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 4962 | — | 0.99 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5044 | 0.81 | 0.77 | 4.57 | — | — | 791.6 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5170 | — | 1.07 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 4962 | — | 0.72 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 4962 | — | 0.72 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5121 | 0.72 | 0.76 | — | — | — | 791.6 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5002 | 0.83 | 1.09 | — | -0.17 | — | 791.6 | TICv8 | TICv8 |