Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1130 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1130, located approximately 813.2 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 5.453 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0596 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 904 K (631 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 813.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.339
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,341,613 years

2 siblings around Kepler-1130

Kepler-1130 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1130 c Rocky Terrestrial 0.79 0.42 3.267 1,072 2021
Kepler-1130 d Rocky Terrestrial 0.64 0.20 4.272 981 2021
Kepler-1130 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.80 0.44 5.453 904 2016

Kepler-1130 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 0.339
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-1130 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⊕)1.00162.650.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164882482

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106406069684947840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106406069684947840

System

Kepler-1130

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.800 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 570
Mass 0.437 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 570
Orbital period 5.45 d · percentile 58 / cohort 567
Distance 249.34 pc · percentile 34 / cohort 566
ESI 0.339 · percentile 48 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.453 days
Semi-major axis
0.0596 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.45 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0596 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

2.105 h

Impact parameter b

0.811

Rp / R★

0.009002

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.1510

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 94 ppm lasting ≈ 2.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009002

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.811

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.1510

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23900

Eq. Temperature

904K

(631 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

162.65

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.339

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

Host System: Kepler-1130

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,403 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.58 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.810 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

1.440 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

7.46 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
249.34 parsec
Light-years 813.25 ly
V-band magnitude
12.51 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,341,613 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.813.513.52B12.51V12.40Gaia12.40Kepler11.88TESS12.94Sloan g12.33Sloan r12.17Sloan i12.09Sloan z11.14J10.74H10.66K10.58W110.61W210.53W38.82W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.982 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.587 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.34 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.184 · y = -0.678 · z = 0.712

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.20742° · Dec 45.38433°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.591° · 17.396°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.542° · 67.323°

HTM-20 index

-1530422084

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