Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1067 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1067, located approximately 2,177.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 0.762 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0164 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,872 K (1599 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,177.72 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.148
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,404,104 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1067

Kepler-1067 b 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-1067 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.80 0.44 0.762 1,872 2016
Kepler-1067 c Super-Earth 1.75 3.70 5.426 973 2021

Kepler-1067 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.071 R♃
Mass
0.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.148
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

#479of 570

top 83.9%

This planet

0.80R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1067 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002,761.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351910733

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106374557504930944

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106374557504930944

System

Kepler-1067

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.800 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 570
Mass 0.437 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.76 d · percentile 7 / cohort 567
Distance 667.69 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 566
ESI 0.148 · percentile 4 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.762 days
Semi-major axis
0.0164 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.88 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 18.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0164 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

1.076 h

Impact parameter b

0.399

Rp / R★

0.007781

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6200

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 71 ppm lasting ≈ 1.08 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007781

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.399

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6200

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02460

Eq. Temperature

1,872K

(1599 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,761.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.148

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

Host System: Kepler-1067

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,592 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.330 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
667.69 parsec
Light-years 2,177.72 ly
V-band magnitude
14.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,404,104 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.014.97B14.40V14.27Gaia14.31Kepler13.77TESS14.81Sloan g14.24Sloan r14.09Sloan i14.02Sloan z13.11J12.78H12.66K12.58W112.64W212.53W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.469 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.958 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.187 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.708

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.38737° · Dec 45.04903°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.313° · 17.156°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.623° · 66.965°

HTM-20 index

-2013240590

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