Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1254 d

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 1.31 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 5.727 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0575 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 794 K (521 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,031.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.396
  • 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 d 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 this Super-Earth 1.31 2.27 5.727 794 2016
Kepler-1254 b Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 9.991 660 2016

Kepler-1254 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.31 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.117 R♃
Mass
2.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.55 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.396
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

#1072of 1176

top 91.1%

This planet

1.31R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1254 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.551.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0071.310.037

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 1.310 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.270 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.73 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1164
Distance 622.82 pc · percentile 56 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.396 · percentile 59 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.727 days
Semi-major axis
0.0575 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.57 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.73 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0575 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.031 %

Duration

2.177 h

Impact parameter b

0.282

Rp / R★

0.016343

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.9640

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 311 ppm lasting ≈ 2.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016343

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.640

Impact parameter (b)

0.282

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.9640

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09230

Eq. Temperature

794K

(521 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

71.31

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.396

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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