Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.30 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.24 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.33 g
- An orbital period of 0.882 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0171 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 1,564 K (1291 °C)
- Distance from Earth 3,168.03 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.187
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,868,290 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1379 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#1090of 1176
top 92.6%
This planet
1.30R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1379 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.30 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.24 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 5.60 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.33 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 1,600.05 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 138296836
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2077413734773457536
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2077413734773457536
System
Kepler-1379
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts roughly 21.2 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0171 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.025 %
Duration
1.305 h
Impact parameter b
0.145
Rp / R★
0.015050
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,964.6906
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 250 ppm lasting ≈ 1.31 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.015050
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
5.221
Impact parameter (b)
0.145
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,964.6906
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.01760
Eq. Temperature
1,564K
(1291 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
1,600.05
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.187
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
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-1379
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
5,188 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
5.01 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.790 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.830 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.04
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.570 dex
Stellar density
2.545 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.003 mas
Total Proper Motion
10.292 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-1.56 mas/yr
PM Declination
-10.17 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.301 · y = -0.687 · z = 0.661
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 293.67044° · Dec 41.41021°
Galactic ℓ, b
74.478° · 10.161°
Ecliptic λ, β
309.355° · 61.654°
HTM-20 index
1422165280
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