Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1185 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1185, located approximately 1,497.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.33 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 104.352 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4297 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 355 K (82 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,497.95 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.816
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,416,284 years

Kepler-1185 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.33 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.119 R♃
Mass
2.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.816
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

#1022of 1176

top 86.8%

This planet

1.33R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1185 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.310.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 121121775

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100408508633587712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100408508633587712

System

Kepler-1185

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.330 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.330 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 104.35 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1164
Distance 459.27 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.816 · percentile 90 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
104.352 days
Semi-major axis
0.4297 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 104.35 Earth days (28.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4297 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.024 %

Duration

3.586 h

Impact parameter b

0.048

Rp / R★

0.013952

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,023.1023

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 244 ppm lasting ≈ 3.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013952

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

225.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.048

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,023.1023

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.93600

Eq. Temperature

355K

(82 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.31

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.816

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1185

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,622 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

0.623 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.56 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
459.27 parsec
Light-years 1,497.95 ly
V-band magnitude
12.63 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,416,284 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.915.315.34U13.79B12.63V12.55Gaia12.57Kepler12.07TESS14.74Sloan g14.44Sloan r14.53Sloan i13.05Sloan z11.39J11.04H10.98K10.97W111.01W211.11W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.149 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.696 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

-14.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.739 · z = 0.634

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.24118° · Dec 39.33270°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.398° · 13.675°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.303° · 61.089°

HTM-20 index

-551177988

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