Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.67 Earth radii
- A mass of 3.43 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.23 g
- An orbital period of 22.127 days
- Semi-major axis 0.1525 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 721 K (448 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,633.69 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.406
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,810,109 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-1480 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#452of 1176
top 38.4%
This planet
1.67R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1480 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.67 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 3.43 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.05 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.23 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 16.32 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 26541144
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2129758940745727488
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2129758940745727488
System
Kepler-1480
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 22.13 Earth days (6.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1525 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.044 %
Duration
3.686 h
Impact parameter b
0.260
Rp / R★
0.018807
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,977.9351
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 436 ppm lasting ≈ 3.69 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.018807
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
14.060
Impact parameter (b)
0.260
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,977.9351
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.30400
Eq. Temperature
721K
(448 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
16.32
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.406
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-1480
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
5,156 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.810 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.850 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.07
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.560 dex
Stellar density
3.562 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.968 mas
Total Proper Motion
3.395 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
3.39 mas/yr
PM Declination
-0.04 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.244 · y = -0.605 · z = 0.758
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 291.99981° · Dec 49.30183°
Galactic ℓ, b
81.208° · 14.686°
Ecliptic λ, β
313.976° · 69.405°
HTM-20 index
714738511
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