Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 2.60 Earth radii
- A mass of 7.27 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.08 g
- An orbital period of 136.206 days
- Semi-major axis 0.4626 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 248 K (-25 °C)
- Distance from Earth 2,385.17 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.679
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 42,062,511 years
Context from the literature
The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type. As of June 16 2023, the Kepler space telescope and its follow-up observations have detected 2,778 planets, including hot Jupiters, super-Earths, circumbinary planets, and planets located in the circumstellar habitable zones of their host stars. Kepler has detected over 3,601 unconfirmed planet candidates and 2,165 eclipsing binary stars.
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Kepler-1362 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Sub-Neptune
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#1017of 1978
top 51.4%
This planet
2.60R⊕
Sub-Neptune median
2.71R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1362 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 2.60 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 7.27 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 2.27 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.08 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 1.01 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 121660595
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2102096774379579520
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2102096774379579520
System
Kepler-1362
Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 136.21 Earth days (37.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4626 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.121 %
Duration
5.491 h
Impact parameter b
0.410
Rp / R★
0.032384
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,455,067.7237
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 1,209 ppm lasting ≈ 5.49 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.032384
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
169.700
Impact parameter (b)
0.410
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,455,067.7237
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.63300
Eq. Temperature
248K
(-25 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
1.01
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.679
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.
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-1362
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,857 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.09 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.740 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.800 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.06
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.600 dex
Stellar density
4.980 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.339 mas
Total Proper Motion
6.273 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-1.93 mas/yr
PM Declination
5.97 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.240 · y = -0.717 · z = 0.654
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 288.53856° · Dec 40.87713°
Galactic ℓ, b
72.265° · 13.404°
Ecliptic λ, β
301.167° · 62.325°
HTM-20 index
-1315246664
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