Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1318 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1318, located approximately 1,550.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.85 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 213.258 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6085 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 202 K (-71 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,550.05 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.539
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,335,128 years

Kepler-1318 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.277 R♃
Mass
9.85 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.031 M♃
Density
1.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.539
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#426of 1978

top 21.5%

This planet

3.11R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1318 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.85317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.490.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122442545

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101775579545559296

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101775579545559296

System

Kepler-1318

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.110 R⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.850 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 213.26 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1946
Distance 475.25 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.539 · percentile 75 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
213.258 days
Semi-major axis
0.6085 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 213.26 Earth days (58.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6085 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.219 %

Duration

7.775 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.040946

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,101.1359

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,190 ppm lasting ≈ 7.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.040946

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

218.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,101.1359

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.28000

Eq. Temperature

202K

(-71 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.49

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.539

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1318

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,598 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

4.297 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
475.25 parsec
Light-years 1,550.05 ly
V-band magnitude
15.53 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,335,128 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

12.816.816.82B15.53V15.24Gaia15.17Kepler14.54TESS16.20Sloan g15.14Sloan r14.72Sloan i14.52Sloan z13.51J12.88H12.77K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.076 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.402 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.262 · y = -0.706 · z = 0.658

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.37632° · Dec 41.15079°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.119° · 12.262°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.190° · 62.192°

HTM-20 index

-1606247085

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