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 3.814 days
Semi-major axis 0.0464 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,029 K (756 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,830.57 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.287
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 67,552,129 years

Kepler-1295 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 0.287

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

Kepler-55 e 1.55 R⊕ Kepler-132 d 1.55 R⊕ Kepler-226 b 1.55 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1295 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.55	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	3.02	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.46	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.26	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	279.94	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159723041

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126680651786377984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126680651786377984

System

Kepler-1295

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.550 R⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1176

Mass 3.020 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 3.81 d · percentile 30 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,174.46 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.287 · percentile 33 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

3.814 days

Semi-major axis

0.0464 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

88.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.81 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0464 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

2.005 h

Impact parameter b

0.049

Rp / R★

0.016485

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.5710

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 332 ppm lasting ≈ 2.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016485

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.770

Impact parameter (b)

0.049

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.5710

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03950

Eq. Temperature

1,029K

(756 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

279.94

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.287

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-1295

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,486 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

4.190 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,174.46 parsec

Light-years 3,830.57 ly

V-band magnitude

16.23 mag

Voyager-speed travel 67,552,129 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.824 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.782 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.44 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.255 · y = -0.652 · z = 0.714

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.39785° · Dec 45.58855°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.560° · 13.489°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.142° · 66.144°

HTM-20 index

1362730641