Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1144 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1144, located approximately 3,720.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 17.146 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1291 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 811 K (538 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,720.04 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.339
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 65,602,857 years

Kepler-1144 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

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

#4of 1176

top 0.3%

This planet

1.99R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1144 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0062.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159226202

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127863623217139328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127863623217139328

System

Kepler-1144

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.990 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.620 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 17.15 d · percentile 81 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,140.57 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.339 · percentile 48 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
17.146 days
Semi-major axis
0.1291 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.25 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 17.15 Earth days (4.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1291 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.044 %

Duration

3.841 h

Impact parameter b

0.134

Rp / R★

0.019427

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.6610

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 440 ppm lasting ≈ 3.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019427

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.470

Impact parameter (b)

0.134

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.6610

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11300

Eq. Temperature

811K

(538 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

62.06

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-1144

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,753 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.960 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

2.636 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,140.57 parsec
Light-years 3,720.04 ly
V-band magnitude
14.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 65,602,857 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.716.216.15B14.94V14.91Gaia14.94Kepler14.45TESS15.41Sloan g14.90Sloan r14.74Sloan i14.65Sloan z13.82J13.44H13.43K13.27W113.28W211.82W38.69W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.848 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.495 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.40 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.233 · y = -0.638 · z = 0.734

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.04329° · Dec 47.25789°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.727° · 15.031°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.457° · 68.038°

HTM-20 index

-423982470

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