Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1313 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1313, located approximately 568.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 3.833 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0462 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,012 K (739 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 568.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 10,021,523 years

Kepler-1313 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.157 R♃
Mass
3.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.280
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

#315of 1176

top 26.7%

This planet

1.76R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1313 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00227.200.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63213622

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125713940547834496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125713940547834496

System

Kepler-1313

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.760 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.750 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.83 d · percentile 30 / cohort 1164
Distance 174.23 pc · percentile 22 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.280 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.833 days
Semi-major axis
0.0462 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.58 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.83 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0462 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.046 %

Duration

1.372 h

Impact parameter b

0.367

Rp / R★

0.019496

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6341

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 461 ppm lasting ≈ 1.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019496

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.367

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6341

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.26500

Eq. Temperature

1,012K

(739 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

227.20

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

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

Host System: Kepler-1313

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,453 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.69 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.710 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
174.23 parsec
Light-years 568.27 ly
V-band magnitude
12.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 10,021,523 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.712.412.43B12.36V11.79Gaia11.80Kepler11.27TESS12.38Sloan g11.76Sloan r11.55Sloan i11.46Sloan z10.52J10.13H10.09K10.03W110.07W210.00W38.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

5.711 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.321 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.89 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.282 · y = -0.685 · z = 0.672

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.38858° · Dec 42.23328°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.785° · 11.385°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.013° · 62.749°

HTM-20 index

-251421451

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