Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.82 Earth radii
A mass of 3.97 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.20 g
An orbital period of 3.276 days
Semi-major axis 0.0443 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,195 K (922 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,870.91 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.230
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 85,898,520 years

Kepler-1292 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.82 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.162 R♃

Mass

3.97 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.013 M♃

Density

3.62 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.230

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

#235of 1176

top 19.9%

This planet

1.82R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-283 c 1.82 R⊕ Kepler-1262 b 1.82 R⊕ Kepler-113 b 1.82 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1292 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.82	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	3.97	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.62	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.20	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	521.10	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164830162

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105848204973533696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105848204973533696

System

Kepler-1292

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.820 R⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Mass 3.970 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 3.28 d · percentile 24 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,493.43 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.230 · percentile 19 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

3.276 days

Semi-major axis

0.0443 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.28 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0443 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.032 %

Duration

2.272 h

Impact parameter b

0.001

Rp / R★

0.018008

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.9793

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 323 ppm lasting ≈ 2.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018008

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.479

Impact parameter (b)

0.001

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.9793

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02970

Eq. Temperature

1,195K

(922 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

521.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.230

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1292

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,556 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

2.376 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,493.43 parsec

Light-years 4,870.91 ly

V-band magnitude

16.34 mag

Voyager-speed travel 85,898,520 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.641 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.324 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.185 · y = -0.696 · z = 0.694

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.90572° · Dec 43.94914°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.110° · 17.073°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.073° · 65.993°

HTM-20 index

1009034102