Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.96 Earth radii
A mass of 4.50 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.17 g
An orbital period of 11.301 days
Semi-major axis 0.0988 AU
Equilibrium temperature 852 K (579 °C)
Distance from Earth 4,649.26 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.324
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 81,989,624 years

Kepler-792 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.96 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.175 R♃

Mass

4.50 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.014 M♃

Density

3.28 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.324

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

#49of 1176

top 4.1%

This planet

1.96R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-174 b 1.96 R⊕ Kepler-973 b 1.96 R⊕ Kepler-118 b 1.96 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-792 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.96	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	4.50	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	3.28	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.17	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	176.03	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137401986

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052717466660745984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052717466660745984

System

Kepler-792

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.960 R⊕ · percentile 95 / cohort 1176

Mass 4.500 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 11.30 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1164

Distance 1,425.47 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.324 · percentile 43 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

11.301 days

Semi-major axis

0.0988 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.30 Earth days (3.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0988 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

3.980 h

Impact parameter b

0.160

Rp / R★

0.016106

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.9203

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 277 ppm lasting ≈ 3.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016106

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

21.650

Impact parameter (b)

0.160

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.9203

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06930

Eq. Temperature

852K

(579 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

176.03

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.324

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-792

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,971 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.39 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.120 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

1.529 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,425.47 parsec

Light-years 4,649.26 ly

V-band magnitude

15.12 mag

Voyager-speed travel 81,989,624 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.674 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.196 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.07 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.20 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.292 · y = -0.722 · z = 0.627

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.00682° · Dec 38.82070°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.548° · 10.115°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.228° · 59.597°

HTM-20 index

2070071265