Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 0.84 Earth radii
A mass of 0.52 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.74 g
An orbital period of 16.051 days
Semi-major axis 0.1195 AU
Equilibrium temperature 630 K (357 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,045.26 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.495
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,433,128 years

Kepler-1507 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

0.84 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.075 R♃

Mass

0.52 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.002 M♃

Density

4.82 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.74 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.495

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

#456of 570

top 79.8%

This planet

0.84R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1579 b 0.84 R⊕ Kepler-131 c 0.84 R⊕ Kepler-450 d 0.84 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1507 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	0.84	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	0.52	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.82	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.74	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	30.48	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158786851

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130389785541178752

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130389785541178752

System

Kepler-1507

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.840 R⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 570

Mass 0.520 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 570

Orbital period 16.05 d · percentile 89 / cohort 567

Distance 320.48 pc · percentile 43 / cohort 566

ESI 0.495 · percentile 70 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

16.051 days

Semi-major axis

0.1195 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 16.05 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1195 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

2.939 h

Impact parameter b

0.012

Rp / R★

0.008763

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.7332

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 94 ppm lasting ≈ 2.94 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008763

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

38.660

Impact parameter (b)

0.012

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.7332

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.37300

Eq. Temperature

630K

(357 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

30.48

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.495

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1507

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,410 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

1.660 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-24.51 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

320.48 parsec

Light-years 1,045.26 ly

V-band magnitude

13.27 mag

Voyager-speed travel 18,433,128 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.091 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.317 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

16.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.219 · y = -0.652 · z = 0.726

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.56163° · Dec 46.53612°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.622° · 15.672°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.268° · 67.715°

HTM-20 index

1720129044