Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1437 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1437, located approximately 6,854.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.37 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.45 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 10.930 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0951 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 770 K (497 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,854.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.404
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 120,884,180 years

Kepler-1437 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.37 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.122 R♃
Mass
2.45 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.404
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

#966of 1176

top 82.1%

This planet

1.37R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1437 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.45317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0083.140.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26541175

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129771615189858816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129771615189858816

System

Kepler-1437

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.370 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.450 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 10.93 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1164
Distance 2,101.69 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.404 · percentile 61 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.930 days
Semi-major axis
0.0951 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.93 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0951 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

6.062 h

Impact parameter b

0.447

Rp / R★

0.013834

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.4947

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 197 ppm lasting ≈ 6.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013834

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.447

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.4947

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04520

Eq. Temperature

770K

(497 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

83.14

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.404

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-1437

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,557 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

0.443 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,101.69 parsec
Light-years 6,854.79 ly
V-band magnitude
15.70 mag
Voyager-speed travel 120,884,180 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.716.616.62B15.70V15.66Gaia15.59Kepler15.17TESS16.13Sloan g15.54Sloan r15.36Sloan i15.26Sloan z14.40J14.03H13.92K13.90W113.92W212.83W39.68W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.444 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.858 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.243 · y = -0.605 · z = 0.758

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.86492° · Dec 49.32587°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.193° · 14.776°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.778° · 69.463°

HTM-20 index

718938187

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