Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1468 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1468, located approximately 6,194.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.15 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 3.546 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0466 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,448 K (1175 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,194.49 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.208
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 109,239,741 years

2 siblings around Kepler-1468

Kepler-1468 c shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1468 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.15 1.60 3.546 1,448 2016
Kepler-1468 b Super-Earth 1.73 3.64 8.240 1,093 2016
Kepler-1468 d Sub-Neptune 3.33 11.10 19.591 819 2021

Kepler-1468 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.15 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.103 R♃
Mass
1.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.78 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.208
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

#160of 570

top 27.9%

This planet

1.15R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1468 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.781.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,479.570.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138219758

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077389820395188736

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077389820395188736

System

Kepler-1468

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.150 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 570
Mass 1.600 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 570
Orbital period 3.55 d · percentile 39 / cohort 567
Distance 1,899.24 pc · percentile 99 / cohort 566
ESI 0.208 · percentile 15 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.546 days
Semi-major axis
0.0466 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.75 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.55 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0466 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

4.170 h

Impact parameter b

0.317

Rp / R★

0.010030

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.3770

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 119 ppm lasting ≈ 4.17 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010030

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.563

Impact parameter (b)

0.317

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.3770

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02450

Eq. Temperature

1,448K

(1175 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,479.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.208

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1468

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,893 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

0.392 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,899.24 parsec
Light-years 6,194.49 ly
V-band magnitude
15.11 mag
Voyager-speed travel 109,239,741 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.015.95B15.11V14.95Gaia15.02Kepler14.47TESS15.54Sloan g14.98Sloan r14.80Sloan i14.72Sloan z13.85J13.50H13.46K13.38W113.44W212.89W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.498 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.906 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.300 · y = -0.689 · z = 0.660

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.51983° · Dec 41.27737°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.306° · 10.200°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.037° · 61.567°

HTM-20 index

1415711737

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