Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1390 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1390, located approximately 2,359.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.76 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 6.480 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0662 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 934 K (661 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,359.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.337
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,610,020 years

Kepler-1390 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.105 R♃
Mass
1.76 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.337
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

#117of 570

top 20.4%

This planet

1.18R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1390 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.76317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00171.130.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 264508835

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086485186737501696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086485186737501696

System

Kepler-1390

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.180 R⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 570
Mass 1.760 M⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 570
Orbital period 6.48 d · percentile 64 / cohort 567
Distance 723.43 pc · percentile 81 / cohort 566
ESI 0.337 · percentile 48 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.480 days
Semi-major axis
0.0662 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.12 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.48 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0662 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

3.211 h

Impact parameter b

0.226

Rp / R★

0.010672

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.8597

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 142 ppm lasting ≈ 3.21 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010672

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.226

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.8597

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09150

Eq. Temperature

934K

(661 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

171.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.337

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-1390

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,753 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

1.583 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
723.43 parsec
Light-years 2,359.51 ly
V-band magnitude
14.56 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,610,020 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.415.43B14.56V14.40Gaia14.42Kepler13.90TESS14.92Sloan g14.36Sloan r14.21Sloan i14.11Sloan z13.18J12.82H12.76K12.74W112.81W212.22W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.354 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.652 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

18.89 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.319 · y = -0.584 · z = 0.746

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.66244° · Dec 48.24887°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.298° · 10.299°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.152° · 66.477°

HTM-20 index

1480323919

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