Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 2.10 Earth radii
A mass of 5.06 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.15 g
An orbital period of 7.186 days
Semi-major axis 0.0750 AU
Equilibrium temperature 860 K (587 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,857.27 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.313
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 50,387,955 years

1 sibling around Kepler-360

Kepler-360 c shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
Kepler-360 b	Super-Earth	1.65	3.36	3.290	1,116	2014
Kepler-360 c this	Sub-Neptune	2.10	5.06	7.186	860	2014

Kepler-360 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

2.10 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.187 R♃

Mass

5.06 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.016 M♃

Density

3.00 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.313

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1818of 1978

top 91.9%

This planet

2.10R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1529 b 2.10 R⊕ Kepler-52 b 2.10 R⊕ TOI-5734 b 2.10 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-360 c	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	2.10	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	5.06	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.00	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.15	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	146.50	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158213532

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106316012810255104

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106316012810255104

System

Kepler-360

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.100 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1978

Mass 5.060 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 7.19 d · percentile 23 / cohort 1946

Distance 876.04 pc · percentile 71 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.313 · percentile 31 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

7.186 days

Semi-major axis

0.0750 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

87.20 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.19 Earth days (2.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0750 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.042 %

Duration

1.406 h

Impact parameter b

0.190

Rp / R★

0.018768

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.6227

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 417 ppm lasting ≈ 1.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018768

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.190

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.6227

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08560

Eq. Temperature

860K

(587 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

146.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.313

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

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2014 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-186 e · Super-Earth Kepler-395 c · Super-Earth Kepler-220 e · Super-Earth Kepler-249 d · Super-Earth Kepler-296 f · Super-Earth Kepler-367 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-296 e · Super-Earth Kepler-155 c · Sub-Neptune Kepler-138 d · Super-Earth Kepler-333 c · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-331 d · Super-Earth Kepler-267 d · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-360

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,053 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.058 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.994 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.15

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.423 dex

Stellar density

1.310 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

876.04 parsec

Light-years 2,857.27 ly

V-band magnitude

15.01 mag

Voyager-speed travel 50,387,955 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.113 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.920 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.31 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.199 · y = -0.681 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.28471° · Dec 44.78158°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.300° · 16.467°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.984° · 66.534°

HTM-20 index

-1988980504