Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.46 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.73 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.28 g
- An orbital period of 0.935 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0171 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 2,080 K (1807 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,001.01 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.129
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,652,729 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1039 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#819of 1176
top 69.6%
This planet
1.46R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1039 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.46 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.73 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.82 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.28 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 668.13 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 274020852
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2079404572371719680
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2079404572371719680
System
Kepler-1039
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts roughly 22.4 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0171 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.028 %
Duration
1.417 h
Impact parameter b
0.660
Rp / R★
0.017736
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,964.5819
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 283 ppm lasting ≈ 1.42 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.017736
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
3.900
Impact parameter (b)
0.660
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,964.5819
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.05580
Eq. Temperature
2,080K
(1807 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
668.13
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.129
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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-1039
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,870 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.740 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.790 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.01
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.600 dex
Stellar density
2.170 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
3.230 mas
Total Proper Motion
19.897 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
4.93 mas/yr
PM Declination
-19.28 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.334 · y = -0.619 · z = 0.711
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 298.32662° · Dec 45.31542°
Galactic ℓ, b
79.596° · 9.050°
Ecliptic λ, β
319.484° · 63.967°
HTM-20 index
1107831366
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