Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.44 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.67 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.29 g
- An orbital period of 5.185 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0480 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 652 K (379 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,190.47 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.469
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,993,927 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1007 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#850of 1176
top 72.2%
This planet
1.44R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1007 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.44 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.67 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.91 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.29 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 42.62 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 272074477
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2080381625890666496
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2080381625890666496
System
Kepler-1007
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 5.19 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0480 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.045 %
Duration
2.177 h
Impact parameter b
0.923
Rp / R★
0.019213
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,964.8794
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 447 ppm lasting ≈ 2.18 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.019213
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
18.865
Impact parameter (b)
0.923
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,964.8794
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.13200
Eq. Temperature
652K
(379 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
42.62
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.469
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-1007
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,587 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.700 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.730 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.03
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.620 dex
Stellar density
4.456 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
2.165 mas
Total Proper Motion
9.309 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-4.61 mas/yr
PM Declination
-8.09 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.305 · y = -0.627 · z = 0.717
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 295.90653° · Dec 45.80909°
Galactic ℓ, b
79.204° · 10.772°
Ecliptic λ, β
316.393° · 65.130°
HTM-20 index
-1986839112
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