Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1386 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1386, located approximately 2,726.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.35 g
  • An orbital period of 6.740 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0680 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,011 K (738 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,726.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.306
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,077,933 years

Kepler-1386 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.111 R♃
Mass
2.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.97 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.35 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.306
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

#4of 570

top 0.5%

This planet

1.24R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1386 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.971.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.352.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00196.530.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123201193

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2116750034560253184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2116750034560253184

System

Kepler-1386

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.240 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 570
Mass 2.070 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 570
Orbital period 6.74 d · percentile 65 / cohort 567
Distance 835.88 pc · percentile 87 / cohort 566
ESI 0.306 · percentile 40 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.740 days
Semi-major axis
0.0680 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.74 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0680 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

4.106 h

Impact parameter b

0.123

Rp / R★

0.010741

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.2865

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 142 ppm lasting ≈ 4.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010741

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.123

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.2865

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08140

Eq. Temperature

1,011K

(738 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

196.53

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.306

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-1386

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,733 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.01 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.030 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.11

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.410 dex

Stellar density

0.832 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-45.53 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

6.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
835.88 parsec
Light-years 2,726.28 ly
V-band magnitude
14.60 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,077,933 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.515.53B14.60V14.42Gaia14.46Kepler13.92TESS14.97Sloan g14.39Sloan r14.24Sloan i14.18Sloan z13.21J12.92H12.87K12.80W112.85W212.32W39.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.168 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.867 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.55 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.138 · y = -0.723 · z = 0.677

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 280.82336° · Dec 42.63605°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.722° · 19.397°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.339° · 65.350°

HTM-20 index

-1789140887

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