Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1471 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1471, located approximately 3,192.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.29 g
  • An orbital period of 3.639 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0453 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,238 K (965 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,192.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.240
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 56,291,217 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1471

Kepler-1471 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1471 b this Super-Earth 1.41 2.57 3.639 1,238 2016
Kepler-1471 c Super-Earth 1.88 4.19 11.604 841 2023

Kepler-1471 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.126 R♃
Mass
2.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.04 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.29 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.240
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

#902of 1176

top 76.6%

This planet

1.41R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1471 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.041.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.292.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00314.230.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 416282121

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2133035966431029376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2133035966431029376

System

Kepler-1471

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.410 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.570 M⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.64 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1164
Distance 978.68 pc · percentile 79 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.240 · percentile 21 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.639 days
Semi-major axis
0.0453 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.46 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.64 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0453 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

2.213 h

Impact parameter b

0.391

Rp / R★

0.014223

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.7854

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 210 ppm lasting ≈ 2.21 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014223

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.890

Impact parameter (b)

0.391

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.7854

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04630

Eq. Temperature

1,238K

(965 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

314.23

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.240

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-1471

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,660 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

2.531 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
978.68 parsec
Light-years 3,192.02 ly
V-band magnitude
15.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 56,291,217 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.116.12B15.42V15.25Gaia15.25Kepler14.75TESS15.75Sloan g15.23Sloan r15.04Sloan i14.96Sloan z14.04J13.69H13.60K13.59W113.64W212.89W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.993 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.136 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.01 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.605 · z = 0.766

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.66492° · Dec 50.02006°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.257° · 16.358°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.816° · 70.685°

HTM-20 index

953328541

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