Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1355 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1355, located approximately 2,972.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 1.290 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0224 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,448 K (1175 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,972.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.199
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,414,013 years

Kepler-1355 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.130 R♃
Mass
2.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.82 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.199
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

#819of 1176

top 69.6%

This planet

1.46R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1355 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.821.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00944.870.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 48354835

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131860859079970176

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131860859079970176

System

Kepler-1355

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.460 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.730 M⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.29 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1164
Distance 911.27 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.199 · percentile 12 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.290 days
Semi-major axis
0.0224 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.63 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.29 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0224 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

1.422 h

Impact parameter b

0.392

Rp / R★

0.015692

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.8916

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 290 ppm lasting ≈ 1.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015692

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.530

Impact parameter (b)

0.392

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.8916

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02460

Eq. Temperature

1,448K

(1175 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

944.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.199

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-1355

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,352 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.830 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.880 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

3.160 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
911.27 parsec
Light-years 2,972.16 ly
V-band magnitude
15.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,414,013 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.716.68B15.60V15.45Gaia15.47Kepler14.91TESS16.06Sloan g15.41Sloan r15.22Sloan i15.14Sloan z14.18J13.72H13.75K13.65W113.66W212.94W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.069 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.621 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.09 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.156 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.755

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.74142° · Dec 49.06798°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.873° · 19.604°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.771° · 71.137°

HTM-20 index

1811693345

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