Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1194 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1194, located approximately 2,470.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.51 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.89 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 16.224 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1212 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 676 K (403 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,470.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.446
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,562,801 years

Kepler-1194 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.51 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.135 R♃
Mass
2.89 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.446
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

#730of 1176

top 62.0%

This planet

1.51R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1194 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.89317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0049.350.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137317096

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052662422359019904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052662422359019904

System

Kepler-1194

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.510 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.890 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 16.22 d · percentile 80 / cohort 1164
Distance 757.38 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.446 · percentile 67 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
16.224 days
Semi-major axis
0.1212 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.48 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.22 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1212 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

2.502 h

Impact parameter b

0.058

Rp / R★

0.015100

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.0271

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 262 ppm lasting ≈ 2.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015100

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

50.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.058

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.0271

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16000

Eq. Temperature

676K

(403 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

49.35

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.446

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-1194

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,590 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

6.605 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
757.38 parsec
Light-years 2,470.25 ly
V-band magnitude
14.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,562,801 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.616.216.24U14.89B14.31V14.10Gaia14.13Kepler13.60TESS14.93Sloan g14.12Sloan r14.11Sloan i14.06Sloan z12.90J12.54H12.45K12.45W112.52W212.32W38.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.836 mas

Total Proper Motion

14.286 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.291 · y = -0.731 · z = 0.618

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.69948° · Dec 38.14521°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.825° · 10.025°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.393° · 59.020°

HTM-20 index

1970357661

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