Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.88 Earth radii
A mass of 4.19 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.19 g
An orbital period of 4.347 days
Semi-major axis 0.0524 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,174 K (901 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,723.85 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.233
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 83,305,051 years

Kepler-710 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.88 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.168 R♃

Mass

4.19 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.013 M♃

Density

3.47 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.233

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

#153of 1176

top 12.9%

This planet

1.88R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-137 c 1.88 R⊕ Kepler-291 c 1.88 R⊕ Kepler-1644 b 1.88 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-710 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.88	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	4.19	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.47	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.19	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	710.87	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63120475

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125785438864450048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125785438864450048

System

Kepler-710

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.880 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176

Mass 4.190 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 4.35 d · percentile 35 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,448.34 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.233 · percentile 19 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

4.347 days

Semi-major axis

0.0524 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.35 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0524 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.045 %

Duration

2.074 h

Impact parameter b

0.209

Rp / R★

0.019439

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.2340

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 452 ppm lasting ≈ 2.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.019439

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.107

Impact parameter (b)

0.209

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.2340

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03620

Eq. Temperature

1,174K

(901 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

710.87

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.233

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

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-710

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,611 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.910 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

4.183 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,448.34 parsec

Light-years 4,723.85 ly

V-band magnitude

15.07 mag

Voyager-speed travel 83,305,051 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.662 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.770 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.275 · y = -0.682 · z = 0.678

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.96413° · Dec 42.69613°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.068° · 11.871°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.699° · 63.289°

HTM-20 index

-260345299