Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.48 Earth radii
A mass of 2.79 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.27 g
An orbital period of 21.128 days
Semi-major axis 0.1526 AU
Equilibrium temperature 935 K (662 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,599.76 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.322
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,211,696 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1050

Kepler-1050 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
Kepler-1050 b	Super-Earth	1.60	3.19	15.379	1,039	2016
Kepler-1050 c this	Super-Earth	1.48	2.79	21.128	935	2016

Kepler-1050 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.48 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.132 R♃

Mass

2.79 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.73 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.322

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

#784of 1176

top 66.6%

This planet

1.48R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-123 c 1.48 R⊕ Kepler-1275 b 1.48 R⊕ Kepler-208 e 1.48 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1050 c	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.48	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.79	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.73	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.27	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	40.64	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48216453

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2143749504651818368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2143749504651818368

System

Kepler-1050

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.480 R⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.790 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 21.13 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1164

Distance 490.49 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.322 · percentile 42 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

21.128 days

Semi-major axis

0.1526 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.13 Earth days (5.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1526 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.018 %

Duration

3.789 h

Impact parameter b

0.780

Rp / R★

0.012161

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,982.2795

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 176 ppm lasting ≈ 3.79 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012161

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

42.540

Impact parameter (b)

0.780

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,982.2795

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31100

Eq. Temperature

935K

(662 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

40.64

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.322

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-1050

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,010 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.080 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

490.49 parsec

Light-years 1,599.76 ly

V-band magnitude

13.20 mag

Voyager-speed travel 28,211,696 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.010 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.274 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.148 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.750

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.92498° · Dec 48.62640°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.244° · 19.969°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.805° · 70.865°

HTM-20 index

1930392817