Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1365 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1365, located approximately 2,740.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.44 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.68 g
  • An orbital period of 4.775 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0570 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,137 K (864 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,740.13 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.264
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,322,152 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1365

Kepler-1365 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1365 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.80 0.44 4.775 1,137 2016
Kepler-1365 b Rocky Terrestrial 0.92 0.72 7.700 969 2016

Kepler-1365 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.071 R♃
Mass
0.44 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.69 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.68 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.264
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

#479of 570

top 83.9%

This planet

0.80R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1365 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.44317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.691.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.682.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00864.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63122176

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125716891183392640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125716891183392640

System

Kepler-1365

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.800 R⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 570
Mass 0.437 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.77 d · percentile 52 / cohort 567
Distance 840.13 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 566
ESI 0.264 · percentile 28 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.775 days
Semi-major axis
0.0570 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.82 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.77 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0570 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.005 %

Duration

3.809 h

Impact parameter b

0.030

Rp / R★

0.006525

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.1615

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 51 ppm lasting ≈ 3.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.006525

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.667

Impact parameter (b)

0.030

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.1615

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06790

Eq. Temperature

1,137K

(864 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

864.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.264

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-1365

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,770 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.03 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

0.260 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
840.13 parsec
Light-years 2,740.13 ly
V-band magnitude
13.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,322,152 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.414.35B13.42V13.38Gaia13.42Kepler12.91TESS13.90Sloan g13.35Sloan r13.22Sloan i13.16Sloan z12.25J11.93H11.86K11.77W111.81W212.12W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.162 mas

Total Proper Motion

22.987 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-10.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

-20.42 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.281 · y = -0.688 · z = 0.670

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.19966° · Dec 42.04599°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.551° · 11.427°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.590° · 62.618°

HTM-20 index

-332355371

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