Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1381 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1381, located approximately 3,904.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 25.384 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1728 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 649 K (376 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,904.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.405
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 68,850,877 years

Kepler-1381 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.201 R♃
Mass
5.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.405
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

#1589of 1978

top 80.3%

This planet

2.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1381 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0029.700.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 399953616

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131228815991876736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131228815991876736

System

Kepler-1381

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.250 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.690 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 25.38 d · percentile 69 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,197.04 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.405 · percentile 53 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
25.384 days
Semi-major axis
0.1728 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 25.38 Earth days (6.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1728 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.059 %

Duration

3.638 h

Impact parameter b

0.123

Rp / R★

0.022195

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.7734

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 585 ppm lasting ≈ 3.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022195

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

53.840

Impact parameter (b)

0.123

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.7734

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14400

Eq. Temperature

649K

(376 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

29.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.405

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-1381

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,747 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.07 Gyr — younger 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

4.582 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,197.04 parsec
Light-years 3,904.22 ly
V-band magnitude
15.58 mag
Voyager-speed travel 68,850,877 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.616.516.51B15.58V15.48Gaia15.54Kepler15.00TESS15.97Sloan g15.48Sloan r15.35Sloan i15.28Sloan z14.44J14.04H14.02K13.95W113.96W213.04W39.59W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.807 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.221 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.199 · y = -0.629 · z = 0.752

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.53579° · Dec 48.72778°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.458° · 17.148°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.547° · 70.011°

HTM-20 index

692041576

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