Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1336 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1336, located approximately 3,674.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.22 g
  • An orbital period of 5.777 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0627 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,260 K (987 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,674.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.222
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 64,801,637 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1336

Kepler-1336 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-1336 c this Super-Earth 1.71 3.57 5.777 1,260 2016
Kepler-1336 b Super-Earth 1.98 4.58 23.199 793 2016

Kepler-1336 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.153 R♃
Mass
3.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
3.92 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.22 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.222
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

#385of 1176

top 32.7%

This planet

1.71R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1336 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.921.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.222.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00662.710.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272278272

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080529922521395712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080529922521395712

System

Kepler-1336

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.710 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.570 M⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 5.78 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,126.64 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.222 · percentile 18 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.777 days
Semi-major axis
0.0627 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.78 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0627 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

2.423 h

Impact parameter b

0.372

Rp / R★

0.010969

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.1668

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 134 ppm lasting ≈ 2.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010969

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

7.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.372

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.1668

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05570

Eq. Temperature

1,260K

(987 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

662.71

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.222

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-1336

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,512 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

12.30 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.300 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.180 dex

Stellar density

0.190 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

2.45 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

1.40 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,126.64 parsec
Light-years 3,674.60 ly
V-band magnitude
14.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 64,801,637 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.814.79B14.26V14.04Gaia14.06Kepler13.53TESS14.57Sloan g14.00Sloan r13.84Sloan i13.79Sloan z12.82J12.42H12.37K12.31W112.35W212.11W39.36W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.859 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.765 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.303 · y = -0.613 · z = 0.730

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.27766° · Dec 46.89980°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.307° · 11.059°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.070° · 66.010°

HTM-20 index

-2035677297

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