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 0.679 days
Semi-major axis 0.0145 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,883 K (1610 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,856.43 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.146
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,738,159 years

Kepler-1310 b 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 0.146

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

Kepler-1245 b 1.44 R⊕ Kepler-1149 b 1.44 R⊕ TOI-237 b 1.44 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1310 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.44	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.67	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.91	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.29	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,830.91	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120043638

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103628462794226304

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103628462794226304

System

Kepler-1310

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.440 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.670 M⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 0.68 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1164

Distance 569.19 pc · percentile 52 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.146 · percentile 4 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

0.679 days

Semi-major axis

0.0145 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

87.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 16.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0145 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

1.178 h

Impact parameter b

0.643

Rp / R★

0.014714

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.8573

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 259 ppm lasting ≈ 1.18 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014714

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.480

Impact parameter (b)

0.643

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.8573

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02550

Eq. Temperature

1,883K

(1610 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,830.91

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.146

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-1310

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,549 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.380 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

569.19 parsec

Light-years 1,856.43 ly

V-band magnitude

14.35 mag

Voyager-speed travel 32,738,159 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.728 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.247 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.182 · y = -0.735 · z = 0.653

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.92002° · Dec 40.74004°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.714° · 16.565°

Ecliptic λ, β

293.701° · 63.038°

HTM-20 index

-929264405