Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.55 Earth radii
- A mass of 3.02 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.26 g
- An orbital period of 16.541 days
- Semi-major axis 0.1183 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 570 K (297 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,219.82 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.521
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,511,585 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1064 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#652of 1176
top 55.4%
This planet
1.55R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1064 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.55 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 3.02 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.46 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.26 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 24.87 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 137315852
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2051807620790721792
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2051807620790721792
System
Kepler-1064
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 16.54 Earth days (4.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1183 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.037 %
Duration
2.544 h
Impact parameter b
0.031
Rp / R★
0.017966
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,966.9536
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 370 ppm lasting ≈ 2.54 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.017966
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
50.540
Impact parameter (b)
0.031
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,966.9536
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.31600
Eq. Temperature
570K
(297 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
24.87
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.521
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-1064
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
5,153 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.790 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.850 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.00
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.570 dex
Stellar density
8.928 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands
Astrometric Data
Total Proper Motion
33.675 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-11.44 mas/yr
PM Declination
-31.67 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.293 · y = -0.735 · z = 0.611
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 291.74158° · Dec 37.68881°
Galactic ℓ, b
70.427° · 9.790°
Ecliptic λ, β
304.204° · 58.573°
HTM-20 index
1953655948
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