Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-1312 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1312, located approximately 975.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.03 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 1.116 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0210 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,659 K (1386 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 975.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.182
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,203,746 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1312

Kepler-1312 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1312 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.03 1.07 1.116 1,659 2021
Kepler-1312 b Sub-Neptune 2.10 5.06 5.448 978 2016

Kepler-1312 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.03 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.092 R♃
Mass
1.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.182
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#310of 570

top 54.2%

This planet

1.03R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1312 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,770.200.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137899873

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053550106200274688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053550106200274688

System

Kepler-1312

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.027 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 570
Mass 1.070 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.12 d · percentile 13 / cohort 567
Distance 299.10 pc · percentile 41 / cohort 566
ESI 0.182 · percentile 10 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.116 days
Semi-major axis
0.0210 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.64 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.12 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0210 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.011 %

Duration

1.358 h

Impact parameter b

0.057

Rp / R★

0.009827

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.8456

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 109 ppm lasting ≈ 1.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009827

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.360

Impact parameter (b)

0.057

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.8456

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07030

Eq. Temperature

1,659K

(1386 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,770.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.182

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1312

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,721 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.905 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.983 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.517 dex

Stellar density

1.962 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-8.41 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
299.10 parsec
Light-years 975.55 ly
V-band magnitude
12.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,203,746 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.713.313.29B12.49V12.38Gaia12.43Kepler11.92TESS12.88Sloan g12.37Sloan r12.24Sloan i12.18Sloan z11.32J10.95H10.91K10.87W110.90W210.93W38.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.315 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.466 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.294 · y = -0.694 · z = 0.657

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.97128° · Dec 41.03575°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.896° · 10.457°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.053° · 61.474°

HTM-20 index

1756856439

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