Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.29 Earth radii
A mass of 2.21 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.33 g
An orbital period of 0.636 days
Semi-major axis 0.0142 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,846 K (1573 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,403.63 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.153
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,023,074 years

Kepler-1415 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.29 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.115 R♃

Mass

2.21 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.007 M♃

Density

5.66 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.153

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

#1100of 1176

top 93.5%

This planet

1.29R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-211 c 1.29 R⊕ Kepler-312 b 1.29 R⊕ Kepler-173 b 1.29 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1415 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.29	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.21	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.66	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.33	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,138.08	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164834500

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131541867567734528

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131541867567734528

System

Kepler-1415

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.290 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.210 M⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 0.64 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,043.56 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.153 · percentile 5 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

0.636 days

Semi-major axis

0.0142 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

86.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 15.3 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0142 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

1.060 h

Impact parameter b

0.299

Rp / R★

0.013728

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6901

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 218 ppm lasting ≈ 1.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013728

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.981

Impact parameter (b)

0.299

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6901

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01360

Eq. Temperature

1,846K

(1573 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,138.08

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.153

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1415

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,267 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.840 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.500 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,043.56 parsec

Light-years 3,403.63 ly

V-band magnitude

15.94 mag

Voyager-speed travel 60,023,074 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.930 mas

Total Proper Motion

18.491 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.54 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.88 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.175 · y = -0.647 · z = 0.742

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.15680° · Dec 47.87325°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.021° · 18.316°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.391° · 69.718°

HTM-20 index

-97210464