Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-1001 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1001, located approximately 3,029.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.11 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 9.182 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0830 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 804 K (531 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,029.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.370
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,432,592 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1001

Kepler-1001 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1001 c this Super-Earth 1.58 3.11 9.182 804 2020
Kepler-1001 b Sub-Neptune 3.15 10.10 14.305 693 2016

Kepler-1001 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.141 R♃
Mass
3.11 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.370
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#616of 1176

top 52.3%

This planet

1.58R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1001 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.11317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0072.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 405719252

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131178238457347712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131178238457347712

System

Kepler-1001

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.578 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.110 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 9.18 d · percentile 62 / cohort 1164
Distance 928.98 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.370 · percentile 55 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.182 days
Semi-major axis
0.0830 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
79.49 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.18 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0830 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.036 %

Duration

3.396 h

Impact parameter b

0.880

Rp / R★

0.016676

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.4115

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 364 ppm lasting ≈ 3.40 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016676

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.320

Impact parameter (b)

0.880

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.4115

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08930

Eq. Temperature

804K

(531 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

72.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.370

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1001

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,376 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.836 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.562 dex

Stellar density

2.240 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
928.98 parsec
Light-years 3,029.92 ly
V-band magnitude
15.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,432,592 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.516.45B15.58V15.33Gaia15.34Kepler14.82TESS15.87Sloan g15.30Sloan r15.11Sloan i15.05Sloan z14.11J13.72H13.66K13.59W113.63W213.01W39.58W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.048 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.844 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.185 · y = -0.635 · z = 0.750

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.27392° · Dec 48.61870°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.032° · 17.884°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.135° · 70.192°

HTM-20 index

-227376279

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