Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1143 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1143, located approximately 1,810.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.60 Earth radii
  • A mass of 12.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.97 g
  • An orbital period of 210.631 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6477 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 234 K (-39 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,810.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.569
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,933,143 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1143

Kepler-1143 c 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-1143 b Super-Earth 1.67 3.43 2.889 976 2016
Kepler-1143 c this Sub-Neptune 3.60 12.60 210.631 234 2016

Kepler-1143 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.60 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.321 R♃
Mass
12.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.040 M♃
Density
1.48 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.569
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#139of 1978

top 7.0%

This planet

3.60R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1143 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.6011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0012.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.481.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.972.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.570.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 121215172

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100405381897402496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100405381897402496

System

Kepler-1143

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.600 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1978
Mass 12.600 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 210.63 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1946
Distance 555.19 pc · percentile 50 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.569 · percentile 79 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
210.631 days
Semi-major axis
0.6477 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.76 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 210.63 Earth days (57.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6477 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.166 %

Duration

8.675 h

Impact parameter b

0.687

Rp / R★

0.043060

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,133.7280

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,658 ppm lasting ≈ 8.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.043060

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

156.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.687

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,133.7280

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.17000

Eq. Temperature

234K

(-39 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.569

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1143

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,053 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

1.621 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
555.19 parsec
Light-years 1,810.78 ly
V-band magnitude
15.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 31,933,143 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.818.018.01U16.42B15.49V15.19Gaia15.20Kepler14.57TESS15.95Sloan g15.15Sloan r14.83Sloan i14.68Sloan z13.68J13.15H13.08K13.03W113.11W212.52W38.76W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.773 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.620 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.230 · y = -0.739 · z = 0.633

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.30277° · Dec 39.28964°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.377° · 13.614°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.377° · 61.035°

HTM-20 index

-550963945

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