Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.58 Earth radii
A mass of 3.12 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.25 g
An orbital period of 1.569 days
Semi-major axis 0.0274 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,849 K (1576 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,205.19 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.145
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 56,523,473 years

Kepler-1072 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.58 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.141 R♃

Mass

3.12 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.010 M♃

Density

4.35 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.145

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

#603of 1176

top 51.2%

This planet

1.58R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-111 b 1.58 R⊕ Kepler-445 b 1.58 R⊕ Kepler-386 c 1.58 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1072 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.58	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	3.12	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.35	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.25	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,944.00	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63072565

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126806992544494720

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126806992544494720

System

Kepler-1072

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.580 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176

Mass 3.120 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 1.57 d · percentile 9 / cohort 1164

Distance 982.72 pc · percentile 80 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.145 · percentile 4 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.569 days

Semi-major axis

0.0274 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

88.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.57 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0274 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

2.784 h

Impact parameter b

0.716

Rp / R★

0.011312

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0405

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 147 ppm lasting ≈ 2.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011312

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.379

Impact parameter (b)

0.716

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0405

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02790

Eq. Temperature

1,849K

(1576 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,944.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.145

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-1072

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,199 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.320 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.200 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.270 dex

Stellar density

0.490 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

982.72 parsec

Light-years 3,205.19 ly

V-band magnitude

13.97 mag

Voyager-speed travel 56,523,473 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.989 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.330 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.78 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.30 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.259 · y = -0.640 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.04439° · Dec 46.32897°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.446° · 13.399°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.867° · 66.667°

HTM-20 index

-815806858