Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1027 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1027, located approximately 1,321.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.89 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.64 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.81 g
  • An orbital period of 1.908 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0291 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,268 K (995 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,321.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.241
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,300,613 years

Kepler-1027 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.89 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.079 R♃
Mass
0.64 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.99 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.81 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.241
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

#418of 570

top 73.2%

This planet

0.89R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1027 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.64317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.991.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.812.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,162.510.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158552426

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102600488143944192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102600488143944192

System

Kepler-1027

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.890 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 570
Mass 0.640 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.91 d · percentile 21 / cohort 567
Distance 405.10 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 566
ESI 0.241 · percentile 24 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.908 days
Semi-major axis
0.0291 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.91 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0291 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

1.853 h

Impact parameter b

0.800

Rp / R★

0.010153

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6406

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 125 ppm lasting ≈ 1.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010153

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.958

Impact parameter (b)

0.800

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6406

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07190

Eq. Temperature

1,268K

(995 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,162.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.241

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

Host System: Kepler-1027

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,436 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

0.650 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-2.92 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
405.10 parsec
Light-years 1,321.27 ly
V-band magnitude
12.99 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,300,613 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.813.813.76B12.99V12.84Gaia12.85Kepler12.32TESS13.42Sloan g12.80Sloan r12.61Sloan i12.50Sloan z11.54J11.23H11.12K11.08W111.13W211.03W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.440 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.896 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.221 · y = -0.699 · z = 0.680

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.57117° · Dec 42.81382°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.789° · 14.849°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.810° · 64.385°

HTM-20 index

-1925015523

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