Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1341 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1341, located approximately 1,555.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.03 g
  • An orbital period of 132.997 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4727 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 241 K (-32 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,555.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.629
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,433,425 years

Kepler-1341 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.267 R♃
Mass
9.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
1.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.629
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

#529of 1978

top 26.7%

This planet

2.99R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1341 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.140.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123126460

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2117344732912435968

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2117344732912435968

System

Kepler-1341

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.990 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.220 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 133.00 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1946
Distance 476.96 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.629 · percentile 86 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
132.997 days
Semi-major axis
0.4727 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 133.00 Earth days (36.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4727 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.128 %

Duration

7.469 h

Impact parameter b

0.763

Rp / R★

0.037652

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,091.3860

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,275 ppm lasting ≈ 7.47 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037652

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

95.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.763

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,091.3860

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.99100

Eq. Temperature

241K

(-32 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.14

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.629

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-1341

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,662 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.82 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.790 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.19

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

2.020 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
476.96 parsec
Light-years 1,555.62 ly
V-band magnitude
15.36 mag
Voyager-speed travel 27,433,425 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.616.61B15.36V15.02Gaia15.03Kepler14.32TESS16.01Sloan g14.95Sloan r14.61Sloan i14.39Sloan z13.29J12.78H12.64K12.62W112.71W212.57W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.068 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.334 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.61 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.131 · y = -0.705 · z = 0.697

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.51168° · Dec 44.15935°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.172° · 20.110°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.474° · 66.889°

HTM-20 index

-976289300

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