Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1489 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1489, located approximately 4,184.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.77 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.78 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.21 g
  • An orbital period of 82.295 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3679 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 400 K (127 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,184.74 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.679
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 73,797,966 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1489

Kepler-1489 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-1489 c Rocky Terrestrial 0.51 0.09 0.681 2024
Kepler-1489 b this Super-Earth 1.77 3.78 82.295 400 2016

Kepler-1489 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.77 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.158 R♃
Mass
3.78 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.21 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.679
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

#293of 1176

top 24.8%

This planet

1.77R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1489 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.78317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.212.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0011.890.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123312978

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2117323498594316544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2117323498594316544

System

Kepler-1489

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.770 R⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.780 M⊕ · percentile 67 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 82.29 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,283.05 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.679 · percentile 84 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
82.295 days
Semi-major axis
0.3679 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 82.29 Earth days (22.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3679 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.037 %

Duration

7.009 h

Impact parameter b

0.085

Rp / R★

0.017971

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,045.0073

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 371 ppm lasting ≈ 7.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017971

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

91.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.085

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,045.0073

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28700

Eq. Temperature

400K

(127 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

11.89

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.679

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1489

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,655 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.974 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,283.05 parsec
Light-years 4,184.74 ly
V-band magnitude
14.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 73,797,966 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.815.77B14.98V14.81Gaia14.83Kepler14.34TESS15.26Sloan g14.78Sloan r14.64Sloan i14.58Sloan z13.68J13.29H13.25K13.24W113.28W212.61W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.751 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.600 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.140 · y = -0.700 · z = 0.700

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.29580° · Dec 44.46541°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.674° · 19.678°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.033° · 67.082°

HTM-20 index

-54448954

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