Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.66 Earth radii
A mass of 3.39 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.23 g
An orbital period of 2.216 days
Semi-major axis 0.0313 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,283 K (1010 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,905.15 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.219
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,232,313 years

Kepler-1342 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.66 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.148 R♃

Mass

3.39 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.011 M♃

Density

4.07 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.219

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

#469of 1176

top 39.8%

This planet

1.66R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-379 b 1.66 R⊕ Kepler-1497 b 1.66 R⊕ GJ 357 c 1.66 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1342 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.66	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	3.39	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.07	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.23	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	559.28	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272942844

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078752149661192832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078752149661192832

System

Kepler-1342

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.660 R⊕ · percentile 59 / cohort 1176

Mass 3.390 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 2.22 d · percentile 13 / cohort 1164

Distance 890.72 pc · percentile 74 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.219 · percentile 17 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

2.216 days

Semi-major axis

0.0313 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

82.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.22 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0313 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

1.892 h

Impact parameter b

0.220

Rp / R★

0.016693

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.8222

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 285 ppm lasting ≈ 1.89 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016693

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.220

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.8222

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03510

Eq. Temperature

1,283K

(1010 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

559.28

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.219

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1342

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,527 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

2.721 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

890.72 parsec

Light-years 2,905.15 ly

V-band magnitude

15.73 mag

Voyager-speed travel 51,232,313 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.095 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.704 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.330 · y = -0.647 · z = 0.688

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.02005° · Dec 43.43254°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.471° · 8.939°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.864° · 62.635°

HTM-20 index

1522668787