Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1588 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1588, located approximately 3,014.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.76 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.36 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.63 g
  • An orbital period of 7.849 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0742 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 925 K (652 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,014.14 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.326
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 53,154,379 years

Kepler-1588 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.76 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.068 R♃
Mass
0.36 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.63 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.326
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

#499of 570

top 87.4%

This planet

0.76R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1588 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.7611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.36317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.632.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00359.790.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 298965827

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130980910480096384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130980910480096384

System

Kepler-1588

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.760 R⊕ · percentile 12 / cohort 570
Mass 0.363 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 570
Orbital period 7.85 d · percentile 72 / cohort 567
Distance 924.14 pc · percentile 92 / cohort 566
ESI 0.326 · percentile 45 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.849 days
Semi-major axis
0.0742 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.85 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0742 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

3.736 h

Impact parameter b

0.078

Rp / R★

0.007212

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.8765

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 68 ppm lasting ≈ 3.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007212

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.040

Impact parameter (b)

0.078

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.8765

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08030

Eq. Temperature

925K

(652 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

359.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.326

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-1588

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,817 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.50 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

0.320 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
924.14 parsec
Light-years 3,014.14 ly
V-band magnitude
13.94 mag
Voyager-speed travel 53,154,379 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.614.914.92B13.94V13.82Gaia13.86Kepler13.38TESS14.26Sloan g13.81Sloan r13.69Sloan i13.65Sloan z12.77J12.46H12.38K12.36W112.42W212.26W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.053 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.731 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.60 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.07 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.209 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.743

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.23272° · Dec 48.00220°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.938° · 16.446°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.061° · 69.169°

HTM-20 index

-789589194

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