Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 2.08 Earth radii
A mass of 4.98 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.15 g
An orbital period of 1.518 days
Semi-major axis 0.0276 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,926 K (1653 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,919.51 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.126
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 86,755,533 years

Kepler-1613 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

2.08 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.186 R♃

Mass

4.98 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.016 M♃

Density

3.04 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.126

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

#1846of 1978

top 93.3%

This planet

2.08R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1195 b 2.08 R⊕ Kepler-405 b 2.08 R⊕ Kepler-237 c 2.08 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1613 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	2.08	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	4.98	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.04	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.15	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	6,797.62	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159180076

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102814721113340928

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102814721113340928

System

Kepler-1613

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.080 R⊕ · percentile 6 / cohort 1978

Mass 4.980 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 1.52 d · percentile 1 / cohort 1946

Distance 1,508.33 pc · percentile 93 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.126 · percentile 1 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.518 days

Semi-major axis

0.0276 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

80.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.52 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0276 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.020 %

Duration

3.414 h

Impact parameter b

0.561

Rp / R★

0.016853

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.1310

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 197 ppm lasting ≈ 3.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016853

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

1.550

Impact parameter (b)

0.561

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.1310

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01830

Eq. Temperature

1,926K

(1653 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6,797.62

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.126

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-1613

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,005 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.120 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

0.180 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,508.33 parsec

Light-years 4,919.51 ly

V-band magnitude

14.19 mag

Voyager-speed travel 86,755,533 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.642 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.79 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.247 · y = -0.683 · z = 0.687

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.87501° · Dec 43.42093°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.068° · 13.560°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.948° · 64.467°

HTM-20 index

1018881200