Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1245 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1245, located approximately 2,628.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.67 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 2.937 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0372 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,190 K (917 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,628.61 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.250
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,355,510 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1245

Kepler-1245 c 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-1245 c this Super-Earth 1.44 2.67 2.937 1,190 2016
Kepler-1245 b Super-Earth 1.44 2.67 4.354 1,043 2016

Kepler-1245 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.128 R♃
Mass
2.67 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.250
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

#850of 1176

top 72.2%

This planet

1.44R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1245 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.67317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00328.980.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159449041

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126057774150666368

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126057774150666368

System

Kepler-1245

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.440 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.670 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.94 d · percentile 21 / cohort 1164
Distance 805.94 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.250 · percentile 23 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.937 days
Semi-major axis
0.0372 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.32 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.94 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0372 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

1.852 h

Impact parameter b

0.100

Rp / R★

0.016491

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0375

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 280 ppm lasting ≈ 1.85 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016491

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.270

Impact parameter (b)

0.100

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0375

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04620

Eq. Temperature

1,190K

(917 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

328.98

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.250

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-1245

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,306 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

3.059 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
805.94 parsec
Light-years 2,628.61 ly
V-band magnitude
15.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,355,510 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.516.45B15.58V15.37Gaia15.40Kepler14.82TESS16.04Sloan g15.35Sloan r15.13Sloan i14.99Sloan z14.00J13.57H13.52K13.43W113.49W212.41W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.212 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.146 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.258 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.685

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.74431° · Dec 43.26075°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.193° · 12.920°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.212° · 64.114°

HTM-20 index

834871197

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