Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.53 Earth radii
A mass of 2.95 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.27 g
An orbital period of 10.777 days
Semi-major axis 0.0871 AU
Equilibrium temperature 752 K (479 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,274.13 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.400
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,104,324 years

Kepler-1950 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.53 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.136 R♃

Mass

2.95 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.009 M♃

Density

4.55 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.400

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#704of 1176

top 59.8%

This planet

1.53R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

TOI-5788 b 1.53 R⊕ Kepler-1930 b 1.53 R⊕ Kepler-147 b 1.53 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1950 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.53	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.95	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.55	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.27	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	75.83	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158388625

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105573945541164544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105573945541164544

System

Kepler-1950

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.527 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.950 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 10.78 d · percentile 67 / cohort 1164

Distance 697.25 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.400 · percentile 60 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

10.777 days

Semi-major axis

0.0871 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.87 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.78 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0871 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.016 %

Duration

2.616 h

Impact parameter b

0.069

Rp / R★

0.011390

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,973.2902

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 158 ppm lasting ≈ 2.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011390

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

31.790

Impact parameter (b)

0.069

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,973.2902

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.12500

Eq. Temperature

752K

(479 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

75.83

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.400

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

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2021 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1816 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1705 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1948 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-196 d · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1853 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1840 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1881 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1858 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1874 b · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1802 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-1749 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1849 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1950

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,455 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

0.852 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.759 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.34

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.457 dex

Stellar density

5.233 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

697.25 parsec

Light-years 2,274.13 ly

V-band magnitude

14.85 mag

Voyager-speed travel 40,104,324 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.406 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.408 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.55 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.703 · z = 0.678

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.08746° · Dec 42.66865°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.506° · 15.118°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.928° · 64.343°

HTM-20 index

-1909993440