Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1380 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1380, located approximately 8,033.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.63 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 10.311 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0917 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 786 K (513 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 8,033.03 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.390
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 141,662,416 years

Kepler-1380 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.128 R♃
Mass
2.63 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
4.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.390
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

#864of 1176

top 73.4%

This planet

1.43R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1380 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.63317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0090.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158633475

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102530188118854656

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102530188118854656

System

Kepler-1380

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.430 R⊕ · percentile 25 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.630 M⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 10.31 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1164
Distance 2,462.94 pc · percentile 99 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.390 · percentile 58 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.311 days
Semi-major axis
0.0917 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.47 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.31 Earth days (2.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0917 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

5.643 h

Impact parameter b

0.155

Rp / R★

0.013764

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.5117

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 204 ppm lasting ≈ 5.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013764

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.155

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.5117

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03720

Eq. Temperature

786K

(513 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

90.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.390

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1380

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,570 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

0.488 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,462.94 parsec
Light-years 8,033.03 ly
V-band magnitude
15.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 141,662,416 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.616.56B15.82V15.61Gaia15.62Kepler15.08TESS16.18Sloan g15.55Sloan r15.38Sloan i15.25Sloan z14.31J14.00H13.88K13.88W113.97W212.91W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.375 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.494 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.02 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.701 · z = 0.675

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.11604° · Dec 42.44038°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.601° · 14.332°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.453° · 63.914°

HTM-20 index

-1958938184

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