Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.71 Earth radii
- A mass of 3.57 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.22 g
- An orbital period of 1.004 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0175 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 1,419 K (1146 °C)
- Distance from Earth 2,677.43 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.193
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 47,216,491 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1167 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#385of 1176
top 32.7%
This planet
1.71R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1167 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.71 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 3.57 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 3.92 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.22 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 1,039.70 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 273875149
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2086441721667415424
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2086441721667415424
System
Kepler-1167
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 1.00 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0175 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.049 %
Duration
1.456 h
Impact parameter b
0.023
Rp / R★
0.021030
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,965.0973
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 491 ppm lasting ≈ 1.46 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.021030
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
5.477
Impact parameter (b)
0.023
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,965.0973
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.02130
Eq. Temperature
1,419K
(1146 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
1,039.70
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.193
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-1167
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,971 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.750 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.790 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.05
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.600 dex
Stellar density
2.858 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.191 mas
Total Proper Motion
15.464 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-10.79 mas/yr
PM Declination
-11.08 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.319 · y = -0.593 · z = 0.740
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 298.30266° · Dec 47.69397°
Galactic ℓ, b
81.687° · 10.237°
Ecliptic λ, β
321.973° · 66.102°
HTM-20 index
1149788419
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