Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.65 Earth radii
A mass of 3.36 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.23 g
An orbital period of 1.253 days
Semi-major axis 0.0239 AU
Equilibrium temperature 2,199 K (1926 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,557.38 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.116
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,734,454 years

Kepler-1106 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.65 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.147 R♃

Mass

3.36 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.011 M♃

Density

4.11 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.116

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

#485of 1176

top 41.2%

This planet

1.65R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-400 b 1.65 R⊕ K2-343 b 1.65 R⊕ Kepler-360 b 1.65 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1106 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.65	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	3.36	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.11	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.23	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,399.97	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159649503

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126198756455621376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126198756455621376

System

Kepler-1106

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.650 R⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1176

Mass 3.360 M⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 1.25 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,090.70 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.116 · percentile 2 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.253 days

Semi-major axis

0.0239 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

84.54 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.25 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0239 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

2.076 h

Impact parameter b

0.328

Rp / R★

0.013374

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.1705

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 200 ppm lasting ≈ 2.08 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013374

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.708

Impact parameter (b)

0.328

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.1705

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02190

Eq. Temperature

2,199K

(1926 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,399.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.116

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-1106

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,104 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.170 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.110 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

0.895 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,090.70 parsec

Light-years 3,557.38 ly

V-band magnitude

14.86 mag

Voyager-speed travel 62,734,454 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.888 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.430 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.04 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.259 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.695

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.14516° · Dec 44.06247°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.064° · 13.000°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.459° · 64.776°

HTM-20 index

801471740