Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 2.67 Earth radii
A mass of 7.61 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.07 g
An orbital period of 47.161 days
Semi-major axis 0.2620 AU
Equilibrium temperature 503 K (230 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,900.96 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.482
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 68,793,359 years

Kepler-1453 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

2.67 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.238 R♃

Mass

7.61 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.024 M♃

Density

2.20 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.482

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

#904of 1978

top 45.7%

This planet

2.67R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-357 c 2.67 R⊕ Kepler-96 b 2.67 R⊕ K2-26 b 2.67 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1453 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	2.67	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	7.61	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	2.20	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.07	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	11.89	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158175366

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130762107666059136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130762107666059136

System

Kepler-1453

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.670 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1978

Mass 7.610 M⊕ · percentile 49 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 47.16 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1946

Distance 1,196.04 pc · percentile 86 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.482 · percentile 68 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

47.161 days

Semi-major axis

0.2620 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 47.16 Earth days (12.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2620 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.082 %

Duration

4.059 h

Impact parameter b

0.028

Rp / R★

0.026018

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,983.2532

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 816 ppm lasting ≈ 4.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026018

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

92.167

Impact parameter (b)

0.028

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,983.2532

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21900

Eq. Temperature

503K

(230 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

11.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.482

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

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-1453

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,665 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

6.423 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,196.04 parsec

Light-years 3,900.96 ly

V-band magnitude

15.70 mag

Voyager-speed travel 68,793,359 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.808 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.948 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.81 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.186 · y = -0.643 · z = 0.743

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.12550° · Dec 47.94756°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.337° · 17.735°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.233° · 69.589°

HTM-20 index

-103618106