Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1339 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1339, located approximately 1,210.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.71 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.29 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.57 g
  • An orbital period of 1.342 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0236 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,642 K (1369 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,210.20 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.167
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,341,851 years

Kepler-1339 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.71 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.063 R♃
Mass
0.29 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.57 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.167
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

#524of 570

top 91.8%

This planet

0.71R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1339 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.7111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.29317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.572.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,094.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48354224

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131677584235170048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131677584235170048

System

Kepler-1339

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.710 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 570
Mass 0.285 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.34 d · percentile 14 / cohort 567
Distance 371.05 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 566
ESI 0.167 · percentile 8 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.342 days
Semi-major axis
0.0236 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.56 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.34 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0236 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

1.701 h

Impact parameter b

0.059

Rp / R★

0.007001

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.7388

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 58 ppm lasting ≈ 1.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007001

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.085

Impact parameter (b)

0.059

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.7388

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06350

Eq. Temperature

1,642K

(1369 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,094.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.167

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-1339

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,586 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.62 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.470 dex

Stellar density

0.500 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-48.79 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
371.05 parsec
Light-years 1,210.20 ly
V-band magnitude
12.34 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,341,851 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 14 bands

9.112.912.94B12.34V12.12Gaia12.30Kepler11.70TESS12.91Sloan g12.35Sloan r11.03J10.70H10.63K10.59W110.62W210.62W39.11W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.668 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.078 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-14.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.75 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.158 · y = -0.645 · z = 0.747

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.74577° · Dec 48.37347°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.179° · 19.372°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.172° · 70.471°

HTM-20 index

1410791117

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