Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1449 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1449, located approximately 6,544.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.68 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.23 g
  • An orbital period of 13.227 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1176 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 867 K (594 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,544.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.335
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 115,407,929 years

Kepler-1449 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.68 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.150 R♃
Mass
3.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.23 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.335
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

#435of 1176

top 36.9%

This planet

1.68R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1449 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.232.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00271.890.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 298962633

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132939037609090816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132939037609090816

System

Kepler-1449

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.680 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.460 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 13.23 d · percentile 73 / cohort 1164
Distance 2,006.48 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.335 · percentile 47 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.227 days
Semi-major axis
0.1176 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.23 Earth days (3.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1176 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.023 %

Duration

6.104 h

Impact parameter b

0.052

Rp / R★

0.013598

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.7220

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 230 ppm lasting ≈ 6.10 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013598

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.770

Impact parameter (b)

0.052

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.7220

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05860

Eq. Temperature

867K

(594 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

271.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.335

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-1449

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,979 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

0.510 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,006.48 parsec
Light-years 6,544.25 ly
V-band magnitude
15.14 mag
Voyager-speed travel 115,407,929 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.915.93B15.14V15.03Gaia15.05Kepler14.58TESS15.47Sloan g14.99Sloan r14.87Sloan i14.85Sloan z13.99J13.69H13.64K13.59W113.67W213.14W39.58W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.469 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.825 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.199 · y = -0.603 · z = 0.772

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.23173° · Dec 50.56783°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.422° · 17.414°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.897° · 71.552°

HTM-20 index

1007197663

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