Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1532 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1532, located approximately 2,603.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.35 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.39 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.31 g
  • An orbital period of 1.094 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0206 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,681 K (1408 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,603.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.171
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,913,200 years

Kepler-1532 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.35 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.120 R♃
Mass
2.39 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.008 M♃
Density
5.34 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.171
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

#996of 1176

top 84.6%

This planet

1.35R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1532 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.39317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.341.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.312.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,705.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 168812474

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076783920770722560

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076783920770722560

System

Kepler-1532

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.350 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.390 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.09 d · percentile 7 / cohort 1164
Distance 798.25 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.171 · percentile 7 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.094 days
Semi-major axis
0.0206 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.29 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.09 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0206 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.022 %

Duration

1.484 h

Impact parameter b

0.405

Rp / R★

0.014202

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.4733

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 218 ppm lasting ≈ 1.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014202

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.825

Impact parameter (b)

0.405

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.4733

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.02580

Eq. Temperature

1,681K

(1408 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,705.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.171

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-1532

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,559 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

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

2.326 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
798.25 parsec
Light-years 2,603.53 ly
V-band magnitude
15.29 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,913,200 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.815.85B15.29V14.80Gaia14.82Kepler14.30TESS15.33Sloan g14.77Sloan r14.59Sloan i14.50Sloan z13.66J13.18H13.23K13.17W113.28W213.00W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.224 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.223 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.340 · y = -0.671 · z = 0.659

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.90278° · Dec 41.19814°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.457° · 7.923°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.909° · 60.601°

HTM-20 index

-956589933

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