Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.34 Earth radii
A mass of 2.36 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.31 g
An orbital period of 11.179 days
Semi-major axis 0.0974 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,159 K (886 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,054.14 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.263
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 36,224,819 years

Kepler-1602 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.34 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.120 R♃

Mass

2.36 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.007 M♃

Density

5.39 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.263

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

#1010of 1176

top 85.8%

This planet

1.34R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

LTT 1445 A b 1.34 R⊕ Kepler-191 b 1.34 R⊕ Kepler-285 b 1.34 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1602 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.34	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.36	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.39	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.31	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	124.51	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138299395

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053284398043177216

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053284398043177216

System

Kepler-1602

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.340 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.360 M⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 11.18 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1164

Distance 629.80 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.263 · percentile 27 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

11.179 days

Semi-major axis

0.0974 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.18 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0974 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

3.043 h

Impact parameter b

0.381

Rp / R★

0.008624

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6405

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 88 ppm lasting ≈ 3.04 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008624

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.260

Impact parameter (b)

0.381

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6405

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15500

Eq. Temperature

1,159K

(886 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

124.51

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.263

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1602

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,296 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.360 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.220 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.250 dex

Stellar density

0.800 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

629.80 parsec

Light-years 2,054.14 ly

V-band magnitude

13.36 mag

Voyager-speed travel 36,224,819 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.559 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.366 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.305 · y = -0.698 · z = 0.648

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.58086° · Dec 40.42754°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.561° · 9.768°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.547° · 60.749°

HTM-20 index

2133249016