Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1410 b

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1410, located approximately 1,197.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.82 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 60.866 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2543 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 290 K (17 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,196.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.864
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,108,962 years

Kepler-1410 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.159 R♃
Mass
3.82 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.864
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#282of 1176

top 23.9%

This planet

1.78R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1410 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.82317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122450207

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052857547022629888

System

Kepler-1410

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.780 R⊕ · percentile 75 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.820 M⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 60.87 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1164
Distance 367.00 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.864 · percentile 95 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
60.866 days
Semi-major axis
0.2543 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.75 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 60.87 Earth days (16.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2543 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.071 %

Duration

4.420 h

Impact parameter b

0.423

Rp / R★

0.027368

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,012.2850

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 714 ppm lasting ≈ 4.42 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027368

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

108.315

Impact parameter (b)

0.423

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,012.2850

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.69300

Eq. Temperature

290K

(17 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.864

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1410

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,092 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.600 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.630 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.670 dex

Stellar density

3.250 g/cm³

Rotation period

14.09 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
367.00 parsec
Light-years 1,196.99 ly
V-band magnitude
16.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,108,962 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.419.919.88U17.99B16.32V15.95Gaia15.76Kepler15.10TESS17.14Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.13Sloan i14.81Sloan z13.59J12.91H12.77K12.66W112.69W212.46W38.35W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

5.900 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.273 · y = -0.731 · z = 0.626

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.51029° · Dec 38.74350°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.950° · 11.125°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.966° · 59.857°

HTM-20 index

1890111554

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