Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.93 Earth radii
A mass of 4.38 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.18 g
An orbital period of 3.352 days
Semi-major axis 0.0449 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,294 K (1021 °C)
Distance from Earth 5,729.62 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.206
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 101,041,756 years

Kepler-1343 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.93 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.172 R♃

Mass

4.38 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.014 M♃

Density

3.35 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.206

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

#85of 1176

top 7.1%

This planet

1.93R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-231 c 1.93 R⊕ Kepler-298 c 1.93 R⊕ TOI-912 b 1.93 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1343 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.93	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	4.38	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.35	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.18	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	1,021.90	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27081773

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135251791600414336

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135251791600414336

System

Kepler-1343

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.930 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176

Mass 4.380 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 3.35 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,756.71 pc · percentile 97 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.206 · percentile 14 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

3.352 days

Semi-major axis

0.0449 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.35 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0449 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.035 %

Duration

1.941 h

Impact parameter b

0.205

Rp / R★

0.019142

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6483

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 345 ppm lasting ≈ 1.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019142

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.080

Impact parameter (b)

0.205

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6483

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02560

Eq. Temperature

1,294K

(1021 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,021.90

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.206

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-1343

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,759 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

3.862 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,756.71 parsec

Light-years 5,729.62 ly

V-band magnitude

15.62 mag

Voyager-speed travel 101,041,756 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.540 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.691 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.49 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.260 · y = -0.577 · z = 0.774

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.29448° · Dec 50.72539°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.188° · 13.963°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.624° · 70.010°

HTM-20 index

399790375