Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1530 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1530, located approximately 1,597.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.64 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.24 g
  • An orbital period of 2.590 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0355 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,484 K (1211 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,597.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.186
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,176,495 years

2 siblings around Kepler-1530

Kepler-1530 b 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-1530 b this Super-Earth 1.64 3.33 2.590 1,484 2016
Kepler-1530 c Super-Earth 1.65 3.36 5.323 1,167 2016
Kepler-1530 d Sub-Neptune 3.28 10.80 9.208 972 2021

Kepler-1530 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.64 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.146 R♃
Mass
3.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.011 M♃
Density
4.15 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.186
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

#495of 1176

top 42.0%

This planet

1.64R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1530 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.151.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00353.560.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 298892283

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130991596358782464

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130991596358782464

System

Kepler-1530

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.640 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.330 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.59 d · percentile 18 / cohort 1164
Distance 489.88 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.186 · percentile 10 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.590 days
Semi-major axis
0.0355 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.90 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.59 Earth days (0.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0355 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.033 %

Duration

2.162 h

Impact parameter b

0.107

Rp / R★

0.016919

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.2871

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 331 ppm lasting ≈ 2.16 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016919

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.280

Impact parameter (b)

0.107

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.2871

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07250

Eq. Temperature

1,484K

(1211 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

353.56

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.186

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-1530

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,477 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

1.690 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
489.88 parsec
Light-years 1,597.76 ly
V-band magnitude
14.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,176,495 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.415.40B14.15V14.01Gaia14.03Kepler13.49TESS14.60Sloan g13.96Sloan r13.78Sloan i13.70Sloan z12.80J12.45H12.30K12.27W112.31W212.67W39.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.013 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.503 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.634 · z = 0.745

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.16244° · Dec 48.16515°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.077° · 16.552°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.099° · 69.339°

HTM-20 index

545577256

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