Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.36 Earth radii
A mass of 2.42 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.31 g
An orbital period of 6.850 days
Semi-major axis 0.0750 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,081 K (808 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,872.61 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.283
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 85,928,430 years

2 siblings around Kepler-372

Kepler-372 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
Kepler-372 b this	Super-Earth	1.36	2.42	6.850	1,081	2014
Kepler-372 c	Sub-Neptune	2.09	5.02	20.054	755	2014
Kepler-372 d	Super-Earth	1.69	3.50	30.093	660	2014

Kepler-372 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.36 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.121 R♃

Mass

2.42 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

5.29 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.283

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

#981of 1176

top 83.3%

This planet

1.36R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-997 b 1.36 R⊕ Kepler-373 b 1.36 R⊕ Kepler-1246 b 1.36 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-372 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.36	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.42	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.29	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.31	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	384.63	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 350810559

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129931942027348608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129931942027348608

System

Kepler-372

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.360 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.420 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 6.85 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,493.95 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.283 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

6.850 days

Semi-major axis

0.0750 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

75.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.85 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0750 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

4.120 h

Impact parameter b

0.200

Rp / R★

0.011261

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.6807

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 139 ppm lasting ≈ 4.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011261

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.770

Impact parameter (b)

0.200

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.6807

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05020

Eq. Temperature

1,081K

(808 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

384.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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-372

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,509 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.35 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.137 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.202 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.405 dex

Stellar density

0.540 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,493.95 parsec

Light-years 4,872.61 ly

V-band magnitude

14.93 mag

Voyager-speed travel 85,928,430 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.641 mas

Total Proper Motion

10.055 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.76 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.67 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.237 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.758

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.25623° · Dec 49.25893°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.960° · 15.110°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.667° · 69.568°

HTM-20 index

834675868