Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1254 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1254, located approximately 2,031.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 9.991 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0833 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 660 K (387 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,031.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.453
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,823,001 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

2 siblings around Kepler-1254

Kepler-1254 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1254 c Super-Earth 1.30 2.24 3.601 927 2016
Kepler-1254 d Super-Earth 1.31 2.27 5.727 794 2016
Kepler-1254 b this Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 9.991 660 2016

Kepler-1254 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.138 R♃
Mass
3.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.453
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

#652of 1176

top 55.4%

This planet

1.55R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1254 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0033.980.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48506710

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131968065762170624

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131968065762170624

System

Kepler-1254

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.550 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.020 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 9.99 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1164
Distance 622.82 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.453 · percentile 68 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.991 days
Semi-major axis
0.0833 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.99 Earth days (2.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0833 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.039 %

Duration

2.645 h

Impact parameter b

0.195

Rp / R★

0.018642

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.3929

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 392 ppm lasting ≈ 2.65 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018642

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.860

Impact parameter (b)

0.195

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.3929

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13400

Eq. Temperature

660K

(387 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

33.98

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.453

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1254

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,985 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.62 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

3.322 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
622.82 parsec
Light-years 2,031.36 ly
V-band magnitude
15.54 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,823,001 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.516.50B15.54V15.30Gaia15.31Kepler14.71TESS16.02Sloan g15.24Sloan r15.01Sloan i14.85Sloan z13.87J13.29H13.29K13.21W113.27W212.50W39.62W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.577 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.809 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.82 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.173 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.752

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.17332° · Dec 48.77001°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.912° · 18.618°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.230° · 70.568°

HTM-20 index

-164182991

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