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 1.312 days
Semi-major axis 0.0240 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,655 K (1382 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,250.53 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.175
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 74,958,096 years

Kepler-1372 b 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 0.175

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

Kepler-85 e 1.27 R⊕ Kepler-404 b 1.27 R⊕ Kepler-181 b 1.27 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1372 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.27	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.15	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.77	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.33	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,176.36	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158843824

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127136605512921600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127136605512921600

System

Kepler-1372

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.270 R⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.150 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 1.31 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,303.22 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.175 · percentile 8 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.312 days

Semi-major axis

0.0240 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

87.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.31 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0240 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.017 %

Duration

2.025 h

Impact parameter b

0.128

Rp / R★

0.011995

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.5349

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 172 ppm lasting ≈ 2.03 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011995

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.189

Impact parameter (b)

0.128

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.5349

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01840

Eq. Temperature

1,655K

(1382 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,176.36

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.175

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1372

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,677 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.01 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.970 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

1.377 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,303.22 parsec

Light-years 4,250.53 ly

V-band magnitude

15.67 mag

Voyager-speed travel 74,958,096 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.739 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.942 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

-17.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.230 · y = -0.671 · z = 0.705

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.88659° · Dec 44.83947°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.102° · 14.789°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.408° · 66.037°

HTM-20 index

1173580476