Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 2.63 Earth radii
A mass of 7.41 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.07 g
An orbital period of 4.307 days
Semi-major axis 0.0554 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,177 K (904 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,556.76 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.205
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,723,526 years

Kepler-1054 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

2.63 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.235 R♃

Mass

7.41 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.023 M♃

Density

2.24 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.205

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

#969of 1978

top 48.9%

This planet

2.63R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1241 b 2.63 R⊕ GJ 3473 c 2.63 R⊕ Kepler-319 c 2.63 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1054 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	2.63	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	7.41	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	2.24	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.07	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	760.52	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159441326

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126979031752904192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126979031752904192

System

Kepler-1054

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.630 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 1978

Mass 7.410 M⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 4.31 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1946

Distance 1,090.51 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.205 · percentile 7 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

4.307 days

Semi-major axis

0.0554 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

77.07 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.31 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0554 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

4.070 h

Impact parameter b

0.580

Rp / R★

0.017716

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.4422

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 257 ppm lasting ≈ 4.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017716

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.580

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.4422

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05080

Eq. Temperature

1,177K

(904 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

760.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.205

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

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-1054

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,209 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.340 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,090.51 parsec

Light-years 3,556.76 ly

V-band magnitude

14.14 mag

Voyager-speed travel 62,723,526 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.888 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.801 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.251 · y = -0.667 · z = 0.702

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.60111° · Dec 44.55636°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.353° · 13.562°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.984° · 65.372°

HTM-20 index

644673812