Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.22 Earth radii
A mass of 1.98 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.33 g
An orbital period of 5.897 days
Semi-major axis 0.0614 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,000 K (727 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,149.12 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.310
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,899,732 years

1 sibling around Kepler-495

Kepler-495 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-495 b	Neptune-like	5.23	23.80	3.413	1,200	2016
Kepler-495 c this	Rocky Terrestrial	1.22	1.98	5.897	1,000	2021

Kepler-495 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.22 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.109 R♃

Mass

1.98 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.006 M♃

Density

6.00 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.33 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.310

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

#49of 570

top 8.4%

This planet

1.22R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

K2-414 b 1.22 R⊕ Kepler-197 d 1.22 R⊕ Kepler-295 b 1.22 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-495 c	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.22	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	1.98	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	6.00	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.33	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	108.13	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120692092

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100073393808483328

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100073393808483328

System

Kepler-495

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.219 R⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 570

Mass 1.980 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 570

Orbital period 5.90 d · percentile 60 / cohort 567

Distance 658.92 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 566

ESI 0.310 · percentile 42 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

5.897 days

Semi-major axis

0.0614 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.90 Earth days (1.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0614 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.014 %

Duration

3.154 h

Impact parameter b

0.127

Rp / R★

0.010760

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.0305

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 144 ppm lasting ≈ 3.15 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010760

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

14.439

Impact parameter (b)

0.127

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.0305

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09320

Eq. Temperature

1,000K

(727 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

108.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.310

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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-495

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,392 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.087 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.888 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.314 dex

Stellar density

1.638 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

658.92 parsec

Light-years 2,149.12 ly

V-band magnitude

14.94 mag

Voyager-speed travel 37,899,732 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.489 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.948 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.05 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.213 · y = -0.746 · z = 0.631

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.93074° · Dec 39.09812°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.755° · 14.511°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.148° · 61.099°

HTM-20 index

543434305