Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1192 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1192, located approximately 4,253.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 25.203 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1693 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 600 K (327 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,253.69 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.430
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 75,013,888 years

Kepler-1192 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.211 R♃
Mass
6.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.430
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

#1395of 1978

top 70.5%

This planet

2.36R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1192 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0034.740.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123416753

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105273705848965888

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105273705848965888

System

Kepler-1192

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.360 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.170 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 25.20 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,304.19 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.430 · percentile 58 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.203 days
Semi-major axis
0.1693 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.20 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1693 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.070 %

Duration

4.552 h

Impact parameter b

0.168

Rp / R★

0.025567

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.5622

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 697 ppm lasting ≈ 4.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025567

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

43.080

Impact parameter (b)

0.168

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.5622

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13000

Eq. Temperature

600K

(327 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

34.74

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.430

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-1192

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,438 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

2.335 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,304.19 parsec
Light-years 4,253.69 ly
V-band magnitude
15.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 75,013,888 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.916.616.64B15.86V15.68Gaia15.68Kepler15.19TESS16.20Sloan g15.63Sloan r15.46Sloan i15.40Sloan z14.49J14.10H13.92K14.06W114.17W212.59W38.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.738 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.460 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.152 · y = -0.704 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.14056° · Dec 43.89649°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.320° · 18.918°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.240° · 66.401°

HTM-20 index

-707188425

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