Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.54 Earth radii
A mass of 2.99 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.26 g
An orbital period of 19.762 days
Semi-major axis 0.1464 AU
Equilibrium temperature 791 K (518 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,528.15 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.379
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,218,982 years

Kepler-1006 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.54 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.137 R♃

Mass

2.99 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.50 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.379

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

#670of 1176

top 56.9%

This planet

1.54R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-337 b 1.54 R⊕ Kepler-274 b 1.54 R⊕ TOI-512 b 1.54 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1006 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.54	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.99	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.50	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.26	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	153.49	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271960115

System

Kepler-1006

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.540 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.990 M⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 19.76 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,081.74 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.379 · percentile 57 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

19.762 days

Semi-major axis

0.1464 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

86.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.76 Earth days (5.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1464 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

3.591 h

Impact parameter b

0.859

Rp / R★

0.019145

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.1764

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 393 ppm lasting ≈ 3.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019145

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.870

Impact parameter (b)

0.859

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.1764

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13500

Eq. Temperature

791K

(518 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

153.49

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.379

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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-1006

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,328 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.740 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.40

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

1.843 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,081.74 parsec

Light-years 3,528.15 ly

V-band magnitude

14.47 mag

Voyager-speed travel 62,218,982 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

14.865 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.320 · y = -0.664 · z = 0.676

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.75421° · Dec 42.53731°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.224° · 9.319°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.279° · 62.161°

HTM-20 index

-1549008237