Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.76 Earth radii
- A mass of 3.75 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.21 g
- An orbital period of 9.304 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0748 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 583 K (310 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,296.32 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.490
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,860,661 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1062 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#315of 1176
top 26.7%
This planet
1.76R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1062 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 3.75 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 3.78 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.21 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 33.76 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 120043084
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2103714637018491136
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2103714637018491136
System
Kepler-1062
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 9.30 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0748 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.066 %
Duration
1.891 h
Impact parameter b
0.219
Rp / R★
0.022779
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,973.3401
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 659 ppm lasting ≈ 1.89 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.022779
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
37.550
Impact parameter (b)
0.219
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,973.3401
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.18800
Eq. Temperature
583K
(310 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
33.76
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.490
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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-1062
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,597 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
2.45 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.700 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.750 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.11
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.620 dex
Stellar density
11.574 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
2.487 mas
Total Proper Motion
2.365 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
1.71 mas/yr
PM Declination
-1.63 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.181 · y = -0.730 · z = 0.659
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 283.89942° · Dec 41.22159°
Galactic ℓ, b
71.174° · 16.758°
Ecliptic λ, β
293.895° · 63.512°
HTM-20 index
1464698742
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