Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1337 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1337, located approximately 1,962.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 24.400 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1441 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 437 K (164 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,962.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.565
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,604,261 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1337 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.215 R♃
Mass
6.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.565
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

#1312of 1978

top 66.3%

This planet

2.41R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1337 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.180.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158324326

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130628757521503104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130628757521503104

System

Kepler-1337

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.410 R⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.390 M⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 24.40 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1946
Distance 601.63 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.565 · percentile 78 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
24.400 days
Semi-major axis
0.1441 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 24.40 Earth days (6.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1441 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.093 %

Duration

2.875 h

Impact parameter b

0.855

Rp / R★

0.032855

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.6294

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 934 ppm lasting ≈ 2.88 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032855

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.855

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.6294

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24000

Eq. Temperature

437K

(164 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.18

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.565

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1337

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,523 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.670 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.700 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

1.689 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
601.63 parsec
Light-years 1,962.25 ly
V-band magnitude
16.21 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,604,261 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.317.32B16.21V15.82Gaia15.86Kepler15.09TESS16.83Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.44Sloan i15.14Sloan z14.10J13.50H13.29K13.29W113.37W212.61W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.266 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.86 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.200 · y = -0.655 · z = 0.729

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.00912° · Dec 46.79612°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.446° · 16.756°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.801° · 68.307°

HTM-20 index

-1668095453

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