Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1181 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1181, located approximately 3,060.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.09 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 4.893 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0621 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,374 K (1101 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,060.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.206
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,975,501 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1181

Kepler-1181 b 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-1181 b this Super-Earth 1.57 3.09 4.893 1,374 2016
Kepler-1181 c Super-Earth 1.83 4.01 8.935 1,124 2023

Kepler-1181 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.140 R♃
Mass
3.09 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.39 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.206
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

#618of 1176

top 52.5%

This planet

1.57R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1181 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.09317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.391.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00831.140.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 394176812

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101035367703145088

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101035367703145088

System

Kepler-1181

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.570 R⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.090 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.89 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1164
Distance 938.42 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.206 · percentile 14 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.893 days
Semi-major axis
0.0621 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.89 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0621 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

3.316 h

Impact parameter b

0.218

Rp / R★

0.010879

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.6433

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 138 ppm lasting ≈ 3.32 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010879

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.360

Impact parameter (b)

0.218

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.6433

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06620

Eq. Temperature

1,374K

(1101 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

831.14

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.206

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

Host System: Kepler-1181

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,176 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.300 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.170 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.270 dex

Stellar density

1.158 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
938.42 parsec
Light-years 3,060.70 ly
V-band magnitude
13.55 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,975,501 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.514.114.14B13.55V13.46Gaia13.83Kepler13.11TESS14.10Sloan g13.77Sloan r13.71Sloan i12.61J12.39H12.36K12.32W112.33W212.47W39.46W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.037 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.542 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.261 · y = -0.726 · z = 0.636

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.74732° · Dec 39.52341°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.405° · 11.997°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.253° · 60.770°

HTM-20 index

-894083530

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