Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 3.11 Earth radii
A mass of 9.85 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.02 g
An orbital period of 21.813 days
Semi-major axis 0.1495 AU
Equilibrium temperature 639 K (366 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,233.30 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.363
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,019,275 years

Kepler-692 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

3.11 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.277 R♃

Mass

9.85 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.031 M♃

Density

1.80 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.363

HZ Position Inner

Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016

Method Transit

Facility Kepler

Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#426of 1978

top 21.5%

This planet

3.11R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

HD 28109 d 3.11 R⊕ Kepler-199 b 3.11 R⊕ Kepler-1641 b 3.11 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-692 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	3.11	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	9.85	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.80	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.02	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	28.50	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 138728891

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076495402046502016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076495402046502016

System

Kepler-692

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.110 R⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978

Mass 9.850 M⊕ · percentile 72 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 21.81 d · percentile 65 / cohort 1946

Distance 991.34 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.363 · percentile 44 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

21.813 days

Semi-major axis

0.1495 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.92 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 21.81 Earth days (6.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1495 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.118 %

Duration

4.389 h

Impact parameter b

0.057

Rp / R★

0.033229

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,007.0113

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,175 ppm lasting ≈ 4.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033229

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

39.183

Impact parameter (b)

0.057

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,007.0113

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15100

Eq. Temperature

639K

(366 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

28.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.363

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

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-692

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,440 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.900 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.530 dex

Stellar density

2.390 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

991.34 parsec

Light-years 3,233.30 ly

V-band magnitude

15.68 mag

Voyager-speed travel 57,019,275 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.981 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.786 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.47 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.320 · y = -0.694 · z = 0.645

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.77681° · Dec 40.15370°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.747° · 8.834°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.110° · 60.189°

HTM-20 index

1479132269