Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.21 Earth radii
A mass of 1.95 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.32 g
An orbital period of 7.991 days
Semi-major axis 0.0783 AU
Equilibrium temperature 901 K (628 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,827.21 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.347
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,857,758 years

Kepler-1962 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.21 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.108 R♃

Mass

1.95 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.006 M♃

Density

5.98 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.347

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

#53of 570

top 9.1%

This planet

1.21R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

TOI-1776 b 1.22 R⊕ Kepler-1855 b 1.22 R⊕ K2-32 e 1.21 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-1962 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.21	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1.95	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.98	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.32	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	155.95	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122070274

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101255751063996672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101255751063996672

System

Kepler-1962

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.215 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 570

Mass 1.950 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 570

Orbital period 7.99 d · percentile 73 / cohort 567

Distance 866.83 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 566

ESI 0.347 · percentile 50 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

7.991 days

Semi-major axis

0.0783 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

81.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.99 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0783 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

3.200 h

Impact parameter b

0.940

Rp / R★

0.011888

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.2568

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 145 ppm lasting ≈ 3.20 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011888

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

6.450

Impact parameter (b)

0.940

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.2568

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09030

Eq. Temperature

901K

(628 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

155.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.347

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-1962

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,700 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

—

Stellar Radius

1.006 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.003 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.434 dex

Stellar density

0.080 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

866.83 parsec

Light-years 2,827.21 ly

V-band magnitude

15.15 mag

Voyager-speed travel 49,857,758 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.125 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.524 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.00 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.256 · y = -0.720 · z = 0.645

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.54840° · Dec 40.16415°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.931° · 12.408°

Ecliptic λ, β

302.316° · 61.428°

HTM-20 index

-831892680