Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1388 e

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1388, located approximately 1,480.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.46 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 37.633 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1861 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 299 K (26 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,480.08 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.753
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,101,203 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around Kepler-1388

Kepler-1388 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1388 c Sub-Neptune 2.26 5.73 5.536 566 2016
Kepler-1388 b Sub-Neptune 2.59 7.22 12.285 434 2016
Kepler-1388 d Sub-Neptune 2.86 8.55 20.957 363 2016
Kepler-1388 e this Sub-Neptune 2.46 6.62 37.633 299 2016

Kepler-1388 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.46 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.219 R♃
Mass
6.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.44 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.753
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

#1245of 1978

top 62.9%

This planet

2.46R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1388 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.441.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.970.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164524311

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107617246162706048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107617246162706048

System

Kepler-1388

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.460 R⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.620 M⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 37.63 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1946
Distance 453.80 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.753 · percentile 97 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
37.633 days
Semi-major axis
0.1861 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 37.63 Earth days (10.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1861 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.166 %

Duration

4.547 h

Impact parameter b

0.296

Rp / R★

0.036595

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,991.8322

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,662 ppm lasting ≈ 4.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036595

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

62.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.296

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,991.8322

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.41000

Eq. Temperature

299K

(26 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.97

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.753

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1388

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,098 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.610 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.630 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.670 dex

Stellar density

3.828 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
453.80 parsec
Light-years 1,480.08 ly
V-band magnitude
16.43 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,101,203 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.018.218.23B16.43V16.29Gaia16.28Kepler15.36TESS17.65Sloan g16.30Sloan r15.69Sloan i15.39Sloan z14.22J13.52H13.34K13.27W113.31W212.52W38.97W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.175 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.932 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.32 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.27 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.157 · y = -0.661 · z = 0.733

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.33602° · Dec 47.17445°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.884° · 19.232°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.450° · 69.392°

HTM-20 index

1364629176

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