Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.03 Earth radii
A mass of 1.08 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.02 g
An orbital period of 6.118 days
Semi-major axis 0.0687 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,211 K (938 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,561.14 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.262
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,530,630 years

Kepler-1163 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.03 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.092 R♃

Mass

1.08 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.003 M♃

Density

5.43 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.262

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

#297of 570

top 51.9%

This planet

1.03R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-395 b 1.03 R⊕ Kepler-387 b 1.03 R⊕ Kepler-1398 c 1.03 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1163 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.03	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1.08	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.43	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.02	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	511.76	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 406950324

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130026255211751808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130026255211751808

System

Kepler-1163

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.030 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 570

Mass 1.080 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 570

Orbital period 6.12 d · percentile 62 / cohort 567

Distance 478.65 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 566

ESI 0.262 · percentile 28 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

6.118 days

Semi-major axis

0.0687 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

88.22 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.12 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0687 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

3.470 h

Impact parameter b

0.764

Rp / R★

0.007258

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.6161

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 59 ppm lasting ≈ 3.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007258

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.764

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.6161

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14300

Eq. Temperature

1,211K

(938 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

511.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.262

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-1163

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,302 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.350 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.490 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-45.36 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

478.65 parsec

Light-years 1,561.14 ly

V-band magnitude

12.21 mag

Voyager-speed travel 27,530,630 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.060 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.317 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.222 · y = -0.603 · z = 0.766

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.23586° · Dec 50.03007°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.416° · 16.025°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.837° · 70.544°

HTM-20 index

979310651