Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.36 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.42 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.31 g
- An orbital period of 62.869 days
- Semi-major axis 0.2829 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 349 K (76 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,485.57 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.822
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,198,062 years
Kepler-1459 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#981of 1176
top 83.3%
This planet
1.36R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1459 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.36 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.42 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 5.29 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.31 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 3.51 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 123448077
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2107084399639196544
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2107084399639196544
System
Kepler-1459
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 62.87 Earth days (17.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2829 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.034 %
Duration
5.778 h
Impact parameter b
0.135
Rp / R★
0.016661
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,999.0209
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 342 ppm lasting ≈ 5.78 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.016661
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
25.900
Impact parameter (b)
0.135
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,999.0209
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.62100
Eq. Temperature
349K
(76 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
3.51
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.822
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-1459
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,828 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.740 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.780 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.01
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.610 dex
Stellar density
2.813 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
2.167 mas
Total Proper Motion
16.647 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-14.87 mas/yr
PM Declination
-7.49 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.149 · y = -0.678 · z = 0.720
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 282.42294° · Dec 46.01398°
Galactic ℓ, b
75.503° · 19.438°
Ecliptic λ, β
293.965° · 68.422°
HTM-20 index
-517623074
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