Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.49 Earth radii
A mass of 2.83 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.27 g
An orbital period of 14.080 days
Semi-major axis 0.1176 AU
Equilibrium temperature 931 K (658 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,119.45 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.323
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,741,538 years

Kepler-1063 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.49 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.133 R♃

Mass

2.83 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.70 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.323

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

#766of 1176

top 65.1%

This planet

1.49R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-174 c 1.49 R⊕ TOI-431 c 1.49 R⊕ Kepler-400 c 1.49 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1063 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.49	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.83	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.70	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.27	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	54.93	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122451550

System

Kepler-1063

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.490 R⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.830 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 14.08 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1164

Distance 343.23 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.323 · percentile 43 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

14.080 days

Semi-major axis

0.1176 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.08 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1176 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

1.335 h

Impact parameter b

0.031

Rp / R★

0.011957

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,972.9585

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 170 ppm lasting ≈ 1.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011957

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

81.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.031

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,972.9585

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.34300

Eq. Temperature

931K

(658 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

54.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.323

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-1063

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,945 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.39 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.140 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

28.422 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

343.23 parsec

Light-years 1,119.45 ly

V-band magnitude

13.03 mag

Voyager-speed travel 19,741,538 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

36.223 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

-35.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.276 · y = -0.737 · z = 0.618

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.52680° · Dec 38.14283°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.406° · 10.850°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.664° · 59.276°

HTM-20 index

1791610028