Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.02 Earth radii
A mass of 1.04 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.00 g
An orbital period of 6.763 days
Semi-major axis 0.0732 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,337 K (1064 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,711.04 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.234
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 65,444,109 years

Kepler-1616 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.02 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.091 R♃

Mass

1.04 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.003 M♃

Density

5.39 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.234

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

#311of 570

top 54.4%

This planet

1.02R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-336 b 1.02 R⊕ Kepler-130 b 1.02 R⊕ Proxima Cen b 1.02 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1616 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.02	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1.04	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.39	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.00	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	724.86	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158274583

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106427750679026688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106427750679026688

System

Kepler-1616

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.020 R⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 570

Mass 1.040 M⊕ · percentile 39 / cohort 570

Orbital period 6.76 d · percentile 65 / cohort 567

Distance 1,137.81 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 566

ESI 0.234 · percentile 21 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

6.763 days

Semi-major axis

0.0732 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

85.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.76 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0732 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

5.872 h

Impact parameter b

0.116

Rp / R★

0.006955

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.6798

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 57 ppm lasting ≈ 5.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.006955

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.821

Impact parameter (b)

0.116

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.6798

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06430

Eq. Temperature

1,337K

(1064 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

724.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

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-1616

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,266 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.340 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.210 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.260 dex

Stellar density

0.210 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,137.81 parsec

Light-years 3,711.04 ly

V-band magnitude

13.49 mag

Voyager-speed travel 65,444,109 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.850 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.020 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.71 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.33 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.200 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.711

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.54367° · Dec 45.30487°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.877° · 16.494°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.807° · 66.983°

HTM-20 index

-1976296201