Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.96 Earth radii
- A mass of 4.50 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.17 g
- An orbital period of 29.963 days
- Semi-major axis 0.1614 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 391 K (118 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,804.35 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.668
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,819,776 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1460 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#49of 1176
top 4.1%
This planet
1.96R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1460 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.96 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 4.50 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 3.28 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.17 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 5.47 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 352011765
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2105886790959182976
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2105886790959182976
System
Kepler-1460
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 29.96 Earth days (8.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1614 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.089 %
Duration
2.632 h
Impact parameter b
0.056
Rp / R★
0.027180
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,982.9419
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 893 ppm lasting ≈ 2.63 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.027180
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
89.200
Impact parameter (b)
0.056
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,982.9419
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.29200
Eq. Temperature
391K
(118 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
5.47
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.668
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
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-1460
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,422 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.670 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.700 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.02
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.640 dex
Stellar density
14.957 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.779 mas
Total Proper Motion
10.968 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-5.63 mas/yr
PM Declination
9.41 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.193 · y = -0.693 · z = 0.695
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 285.55779° · Dec 44.01082°
Galactic ℓ, b
74.351° · 16.659°
Ecliptic λ, β
298.226° · 65.932°
HTM-20 index
212518406
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