Temperature
5248 K
5014.9 to 5412
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Kepler-916
Unclassified star • 830.7 pc
Records
13
literature rows
Planets
1
system count
References
14
distinct source labels
TIC: TIC 159581842
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
0.85 Msun
0.85 to 0.94
Radius
0.81 Rsun
0.75 to 0.94
Age
4.79 Gyr
0.60 to 4.79
Distance
830.7 pc
single adopted value
Planets
1
Stable across source rows
Scale Comparison
Radius against the Sun
Current adopted radius: 0.81 R☉ (circles scaled linearly by radius)
Sun
1.0 R☉ baseline
Kepler-916
0.81 R☉
System Layout
Known planets
1 planets linked to this host
Kepler-916 b
Transit
◌
Discovery
2016
Period
32.30 days
Radius
1.76 R⊕
Mass
—
Eq. Temp
—
Kepler-916 and Its Super-Earth
Kepler-916 is a star located 2710 light-years away. It has one known planet. The host star is estimated to be 4.79 billion years old, with a mass of 0.85 solar masses and a radius of 0.81 solar radii. Its temperature is 5250 K. The star's reported mass and radius estimates are smaller than the Sun's, and its reported temperature is cooler than the Sun's.
The system's only known planet is Kepler-916 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-916 b has an orbital period of 32.3 days, the time it takes to complete one orbit. Its radius is 1.76 Earth radii, a reported estimate larger than Earth's. In planet size classes, a Super-Earth reaches 2.5 times 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5412 | 0.94 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q12 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5250 | — | 0.88 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Berger et al. 2018 | TICv8 |
| 5315 | 0.85 | 0.75 | 0.60 | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q8 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5014.9 | — | 0.94 | — | -0.30 | — | 830.7 | Gaia DR2 | TICv8 |
| 5248 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 4.79 | — | — | 830.7 | Morton et al. 2016 | TICv8 |
| 5220 | — | 0.76 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Latham et al. 2005 | TICv8 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 Supplemental KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5220 | 0.92 | 0.82 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Batalha et al. 2013 | TICv8 |
| 5246 | 0.85 | 0.89 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q17 DR25 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5220 | — | 0.82 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q6 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5175 | 0.88 | 0.90 | — | -0.28 | — | 830.7 | TICv8 | TICv8 |
| 5412 | 0.94 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q16 KOI Table | TICv8 |
| 5412 | 0.94 | 0.84 | — | — | — | 830.7 | Q1-Q17 DR24 KOI Table | TICv8 |