Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1035 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1035, located approximately 1,833.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.17 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 2.714 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0388 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,301 K (1028 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,833.38 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.234
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,331,567 years

Kepler-1035 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.17 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.104 R♃
Mass
1.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.87 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.234
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

#135of 570

top 23.5%

This planet

1.17R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1035 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.871.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,180.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158927791

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102730157496733952

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102730157496733952

System

Kepler-1035

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.170 R⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 570
Mass 1.710 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.71 d · percentile 31 / cohort 567
Distance 562.12 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 566
ESI 0.234 · percentile 21 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.714 days
Semi-major axis
0.0388 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.01 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.71 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0388 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

1.262 h

Impact parameter b

0.095

Rp / R★

0.011228

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.7120

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 144 ppm lasting ≈ 1.26 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011228

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.550

Impact parameter (b)

0.095

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.7120

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06910

Eq. Temperature

1,301K

(1028 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,180.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

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-1035

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,763 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.970 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

0.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
562.12 parsec
Light-years 1,833.38 ly
V-band magnitude
13.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,331,567 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.513.713.70B13.10V13.01Gaia12.99Kepler12.54TESS13.46Sloan g12.95Sloan r12.79Sloan i12.71Sloan z11.82J11.46H11.42K11.35W111.38W211.53W39.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.753 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.735 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.36 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.24 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.239 · y = -0.693 · z = 0.680

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.04224° · Dec 42.88250°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.304° · 13.890°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.234° · 64.140°

HTM-20 index

129597614

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