Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1370 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1370, located approximately 3,274.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.15 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.33 g
  • An orbital period of 7.441 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0808 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,075 K (802 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,274.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.286
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,753,430 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1370

Kepler-1370 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-1370 c this Super-Earth 1.27 2.15 7.441 1,075 2016
Kepler-1370 b Super-Earth 1.84 4.04 20.264 770 2016

Kepler-1370 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.113 R♃
Mass
2.15 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.286
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

#1135of 1176

top 96.4%

This planet

1.27R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1370 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.15317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.332.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00503.720.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120253552

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2104106647274122880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2104106647274122880

System

Kepler-1370

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.270 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.150 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.44 d · percentile 55 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,004.10 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.286 · percentile 33 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.441 days
Semi-major axis
0.0808 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.53 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.44 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0808 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

4.731 h

Impact parameter b

0.052

Rp / R★

0.008630

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.7455

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 88 ppm lasting ≈ 4.73 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008630

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.120

Impact parameter (b)

0.052

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.7455

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08050

Eq. Temperature

1,075K

(802 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

503.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.286

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-1370

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,202 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.290 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.290 dex

Stellar density

0.420 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,004.10 parsec
Light-years 3,274.93 ly
V-band magnitude
13.72 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,753,430 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.916.116.09B13.72V13.67Gaia13.70Kepler13.26TESS14.09Sloan g13.64Sloan r13.54Sloan i13.54Sloan z12.68J12.42H12.35K12.18W112.18W211.75W38.90W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.967 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.456 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.188 · y = -0.722 · z = 0.666

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.56569° · Dec 41.77848°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.907° · 16.501°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.272° · 63.945°

HTM-20 index

1912961802

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