Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 3.14 Earth radii
- A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.01 g
- An orbital period of 364.758 days
- Semi-major axis 0.8507 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 166 K (-107 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,263.03 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.453
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,273,578 years
Kepler-1536 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Sub-Neptune
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#400of 1978
top 20.2%
This planet
3.14R⊕
Sub-Neptune median
2.71R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-1536 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 3.14 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 10.00 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 1.77 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.01 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 0.19 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 62999585
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2126773904116001536
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2126773904116001536
System
Kepler-1536
Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 364.76 Earth days (99.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8507 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.148 %
Duration
13.006 h
Impact parameter b
0.875
Rp / R★
0.043320
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,968.4616
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 1,482 ppm lasting ≈ 13.01 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.043320
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
120.900
Impact parameter (b)
0.875
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,968.4616
Angular separation (arcsec)
2.20000
Eq. Temperature
166K
(-107 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
0.19
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.453
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.
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-1536
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,434 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
2.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.670 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.710 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.05
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.640 dex
Stellar density
0.287 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
2.554 mas
Total Proper Motion
25.564 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
8.85 mas/yr
PM Declination
23.98 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.257 · y = -0.649 · z = 0.716
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 291.58526° · Dec 45.71587°
Galactic ℓ, b
77.736° · 13.424°
Ecliptic λ, β
309.558° · 66.216°
HTM-20 index
-1036006057
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