Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1564 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1564, located approximately 2,964.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.47 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.76 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 18.054 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1327 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 635 K (362 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,964.12 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.478
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,272,289 years

Kepler-1564 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.47 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.131 R♃
Mass
2.76 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.478
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

#802of 1176

top 68.1%

This planet

1.47R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1564 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.4711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.76317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0041.510.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159395366

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127625956907154048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127625956907154048

System

Kepler-1564

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.470 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.760 M⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 18.05 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1164
Distance 908.81 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.478 · percentile 71 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.054 days
Semi-major axis
0.1327 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.67 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.05 Earth days (4.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1327 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

4.409 h

Impact parameter b

0.175

Rp / R★

0.014976

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.7992

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 283 ppm lasting ≈ 4.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014976

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

30.070

Impact parameter (b)

0.175

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.7992

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14600

Eq. Temperature

635K

(362 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

41.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.478

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-1564

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,528 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.900 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.578 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
908.81 parsec
Light-years 2,964.12 ly
V-band magnitude
15.12 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,272,289 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.015.98B15.12V14.95Gaia15.00Kepler14.44TESS15.56Sloan g14.93Sloan r14.77Sloan i14.68Sloan z13.71J13.36H13.28K13.05W113.08W212.69W38.98W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.072 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.388 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

15.23 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.241 · y = -0.643 · z = 0.727

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.58613° · Dec 46.64275°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.303° · 14.441°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.776° · 67.330°

HTM-20 index

-198396756

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