Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.54 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.99 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.26 g
- An orbital period of 2.806 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0328 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 771 K (498 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,761.68 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.389
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 31,067,215 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-895 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#670of 1176
top 56.9%
This planet
1.54R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-895 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.54 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.99 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 4.50 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.26 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 106.59 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 299217801
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2133259510888931456
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2133259510888931456
System
Kepler-895
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 2.81 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0328 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.060 %
Duration
1.717 h
Impact parameter b
0.020
Rp / R★
0.023112
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,966.7313
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 600 ppm lasting ≈ 1.72 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.023112
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
13.469
Impact parameter (b)
0.020
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,966.7313
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.06070
Eq. Temperature
771K
(498 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
106.59
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.389
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.
Discovery Paper
Primary reference
Morton et al. 2016Instrument
Kepler CCD Array
Publication
2016-05
Observation locale
Space
Discovery cohort
Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).
Host System: Kepler-895
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,315 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
2.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.610 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.650 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.16
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.670 dex
Stellar density
5.021 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
1.823 mas
Total Proper Motion
24.804 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
-2.57 mas/yr
PM Declination
24.67 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.206 · y = -0.589 · z = 0.782
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 289.29070° · Dec 51.40899°
Galactic ℓ, b
82.500° · 17.111°
Ecliptic λ, β
311.948° · 72.046°
HTM-20 index
50786388
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