Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1328 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1328, located approximately 2,653.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.98 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.94 g
  • An orbital period of 4.522 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0520 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,214 K (941 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,653.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.260
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,793,047 years

Kepler-1328 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.98 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.087 R♃
Mass
0.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.28 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.260
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

#355of 570

top 62.1%

This planet

0.98R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1328 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.281.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00545.670.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164778883

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106703212701656576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106703212701656576

System

Kepler-1328

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.980 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 570
Mass 0.904 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.52 d · percentile 50 / cohort 567
Distance 813.54 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 566
ESI 0.260 · percentile 27 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.522 days
Semi-major axis
0.0520 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.52 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0520 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.011 %

Duration

3.490 h

Impact parameter b

0.203

Rp / R★

0.009444

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.2166

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 106 ppm lasting ≈ 3.49 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009444

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.980

Impact parameter (b)

0.203

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.2166

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06390

Eq. Temperature

1,214K

(941 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

545.67

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.260

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-1328

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,780 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.440 dex

Stellar density

0.440 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
813.54 parsec
Light-years 2,653.42 ly
V-band magnitude
13.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,793,047 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.914.814.79B13.97V13.80Gaia13.84Kepler13.34TESS14.28Sloan g13.77Sloan r13.65Sloan i13.59Sloan z12.70J12.35H12.31K12.28W112.31W212.31W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.200 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.762 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.181 · y = -0.691 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.67539° · Dec 44.41772°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.504° · 17.397°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.970° · 66.488°

HTM-20 index

990590235

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