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 1.023 days
Semi-major axis 0.0190 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,734 K (1461 °C)
Distance from Earth 3,485.56 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.164
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 61,467,917 years

Kepler-757 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 0.164

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

#981of 1176

top 83.3%

This planet

1.36R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1246 b 1.36 R⊕ Kepler-373 b 1.36 R⊕ Kepler-372 b 1.36 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-757 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	3,345.45	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 360022783

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076848310922066048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076848310922066048

System

Kepler-757

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.360 R⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.420 M⊕ · percentile 16 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 1.02 d · percentile 6 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,068.68 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.164 · percentile 6 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.023 days

Semi-major axis

0.0190 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.81 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.02 Earth days (0.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0190 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

1.340 h

Impact parameter b

0.600

Rp / R★

0.010783

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.4554

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 129 ppm lasting ≈ 1.34 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010783

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.785

Impact parameter (b)

0.600

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.4554

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.01780

Eq. Temperature

1,734K

(1461 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,345.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.164

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-757

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,014 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.31 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

3.501 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,068.68 parsec

Light-years 3,485.56 ly

V-band magnitude

15.07 mag

Voyager-speed travel 61,467,917 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.908 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.369 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.39 mas/yr

PM Declination

3.65 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.337 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.661

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.68049° · Dec 41.38653°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.540° · 8.161°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.732° · 60.838°

HTM-20 index

-835634747