Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 2.83 Earth radii
- A mass of 8.40 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.05 g
- An orbital period of 59.497 days
- Semi-major axis 0.2666 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 369 K (96 °C)
- Distance from Earth 2,005.40 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.610
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,365,219 years
Kepler-1359 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Sub-Neptune
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#703of 1978
top 35.5%
This planet
2.83R⊕
Sub-Neptune median
2.71R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1359 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 2.83 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 8.40 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 2.04 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.05 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 2.45 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 159102744
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2102247132595492608
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2102247132595492608
System
Kepler-1359
Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 59.50 Earth days (16.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2666 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.130 %
Duration
5.602 h
Impact parameter b
0.406
Rp / R★
0.035616
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,979.9505
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 1,302 ppm lasting ≈ 5.60 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.035616
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
60.000
Impact parameter (b)
0.406
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,979.9505
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.43400
Eq. Temperature
369K
(96 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
2.45
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.610
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-1359
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,709 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
2.34 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.720 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.780 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.11
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.620 dex
Stellar density
2.320 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.599 mas
Total Proper Motion
5.496 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-3.67 mas/yr
PM Declination
4.09 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.249 · y = -0.702 · z = 0.668
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 289.53882° · Dec 41.89282°
Galactic ℓ, b
73.535° · 13.145°
Ecliptic λ, β
303.364° · 63.087°
HTM-20 index
428792803
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