Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.03 Earth radii
A mass of 1.08 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.02 g
An orbital period of 3.918 days
Semi-major axis 0.0482 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,030 K (757 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,494.20 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.313
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,985,210 years

Kepler-1612 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.03 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.092 R♃

Mass

1.08 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.003 M♃

Density

5.43 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.313

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

#297of 570

top 51.9%

This planet

1.03R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-395 b 1.03 R⊕ Kepler-387 b 1.03 R⊕ Kepler-1398 c 1.03 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1612 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.03	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1.08	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.43	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.02	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	269.25	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159646633

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127432099262972416

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127432099262972416

System

Kepler-1612

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.030 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 570

Mass 1.080 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 570

Orbital period 3.92 d · percentile 43 / cohort 567

Distance 764.73 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 566

ESI 0.313 · percentile 43 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

3.918 days

Semi-major axis

0.0482 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

88.27 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.92 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0482 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

2.586 h

Impact parameter b

0.384

Rp / R★

0.009888

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.8641

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 117 ppm lasting ≈ 2.59 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009888

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.830

Impact parameter (b)

0.384

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.8641

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06300

Eq. Temperature

1,030K

(757 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

269.25

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.313

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-1612

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,643 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.940 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.960 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

1.730 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

764.73 parsec

Light-years 2,494.20 ly

V-band magnitude

14.94 mag

Voyager-speed travel 43,985,210 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.279 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.291 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.91 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.253 · y = -0.651 · z = 0.715

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.25030° · Dec 45.65505°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.577° · 13.610°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.962° · 66.243°

HTM-20 index

1580814321