Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1354 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1354, located approximately 3,651.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.97 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.11 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.03 g
  • An orbital period of 76.613 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3521 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 466 K (193 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,651.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.493
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 64,388,086 years

Kepler-1354 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.97 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.265 R♃
Mass
9.11 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
1.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.493
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

#546of 1978

top 27.6%

This planet

2.97R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1354 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.11317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0018.860.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137096633

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052568585913107072

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052568585913107072

System

Kepler-1354

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.970 R⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.110 M⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 76.61 d · percentile 91 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,119.45 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.493 · percentile 69 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
76.613 days
Semi-major axis
0.3521 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 76.61 Earth days (21.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3521 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.050 %

Duration

9.762 h

Impact parameter b

0.757

Rp / R★

0.022243

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,986.7999

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 499 ppm lasting ≈ 9.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022243

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.757

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,986.7999

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.31500

Eq. Temperature

466K

(193 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

18.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.493

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1354

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,168 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.240 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.310 dex

Stellar density

0.225 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,119.45 parsec
Light-years 3,651.15 ly
V-band magnitude
14.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 64,388,086 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.116.016.04U14.94B14.59V14.37Gaia14.36Kepler13.92TESS14.71Sloan g14.27Sloan r14.11Sloan i14.06Sloan z13.25J12.97H12.86K12.77W112.83W212.29W39.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.865 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.022 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-10.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.286 · y = -0.737 · z = 0.612

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.24513° · Dec 37.75901°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.311° · 10.172°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.517° · 58.751°

HTM-20 index

1987319484

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