Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.50 Earth radii
A mass of 2.86 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.27 g
An orbital period of 6.498 days
Semi-major axis 0.0672 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,026 K (753 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,851.93 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.291
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,658,843 years

Kepler-1005 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.50 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.134 R♃

Mass

2.86 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.66 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.291

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#748of 1176

top 63.5%

This planet

1.50R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-180 b 1.50 R⊕ Kepler-273 b 1.50 R⊕ Kepler-207 c 1.50 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1005 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.50	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.86	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.66	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.27	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	301.33	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158215347

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105663727538050688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105663727538050688

System

Kepler-1005

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.500 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.860 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 6.50 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1164

Distance 567.81 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.291 · percentile 34 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

6.498 days

Semi-major axis

0.0672 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

84.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.50 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0672 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.019 %

Duration

2.317 h

Impact parameter b

0.173

Rp / R★

0.012706

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.0013

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 191 ppm lasting ≈ 2.32 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012706

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.390

Impact parameter (b)

0.173

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.0013

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11800

Eq. Temperature

1,026K

(753 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

301.33

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.291

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1005

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,782 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.17 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

0.600 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

567.81 parsec

Light-years 1,851.93 ly

V-band magnitude

13.37 mag

Voyager-speed travel 32,658,843 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.732 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.500 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

9.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.204 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.686

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.28590° · Dec 43.32051°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.893° · 15.911°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.013° · 65.128°

HTM-20 index

1104584870