Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 0.88 Earth radii
A mass of 0.62 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.79 g
An orbital period of 1.495 days
Semi-major axis 0.0257 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,870 K (1597 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,097.14 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.152
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,618,145 years

Kepler-1416 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

0.88 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.079 R♃

Mass

0.62 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.002 M♃

Density

4.96 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.79 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.152

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

#430of 570

top 75.3%

This planet

0.88R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

GJ 341 b 0.88 R⊕ Kepler-362 b 0.88 R⊕ Kepler-398 d 0.88 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1416 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	0.88	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	0.62	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.96	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.79	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	2,658.55	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 268160061

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078999608496984448

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078999608496984448

System

Kepler-1416

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.880 R⊕ · percentile 24 / cohort 570

Mass 0.615 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 570

Orbital period 1.50 d · percentile 17 / cohort 567

Distance 949.59 pc · percentile 93 / cohort 566

ESI 0.152 · percentile 5 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.495 days

Semi-major axis

0.0257 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

42.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.50 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0257 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.005 %

Duration

3.110 h

Impact parameter b

0.976

Rp / R★

0.006728

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.6621

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 52 ppm lasting ≈ 3.11 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.006728

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.743

Impact parameter (b)

0.976

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.6621

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02710

Eq. Temperature

1,870K

(1597 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2,658.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.152

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-1416

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,019 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.150 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

0.444 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

949.59 parsec

Light-years 3,097.14 ly

V-band magnitude

14.37 mag

Voyager-speed travel 54,618,145 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.025 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.789 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.85 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.346 · y = -0.632 · z = 0.693

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.66346° · Dec 43.89406°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.471° · 8.133°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.633° · 62.577°

HTM-20 index

1992779072