Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1364 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1364, located approximately 3,447.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.27 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 13.322 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1284 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,299 K (1026 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,447.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.198
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,790,359 years

Kepler-1364 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.192 R♃
Mass
5.27 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.198
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

#1741of 1978

top 88.0%

This planet

2.15R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1364 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.27317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00672.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27396284

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134842532758180864

System

Kepler-1364

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.150 R⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.270 M⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.32 d · percentile 45 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,056.90 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.198 · percentile 7 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.322 days
Semi-major axis
0.1284 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.32 Earth days (3.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1284 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

6.230 h

Impact parameter b

0.690

Rp / R★

0.011209

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.7215

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 132 ppm lasting ≈ 6.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011209

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.510

Impact parameter (b)

0.690

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.7215

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12100

Eq. Temperature

1,299K

(1026 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

672.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.198

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-1364

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,805 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.58 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.790 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.490 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.100 dex

Stellar density

0.124 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,056.90 parsec
Light-years 3,447.14 ly
V-band magnitude
13.20 mag
Voyager-speed travel 60,790,359 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.013.613.65B13.20V13.19Gaia13.23Kepler12.87TESS13.43Sloan g13.16Sloan r13.12Sloan i13.14Sloan z12.35J12.16H12.14K12.09W112.12W211.71W38.96W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

7.119 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.28 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.276 · y = -0.587 · z = 0.761

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.15213° · Dec 49.58762°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.391° · 12.964°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.473° · 68.747°

HTM-20 index

-513200018

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