Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.37 Earth radii
A mass of 2.45 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.31 g
An orbital period of 1.921 days
Semi-major axis 0.0288 AU
Equilibrium temperature 1,276 K (1003 °C)
Distance from Earth 1,518.62 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.234
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,780,888 years

Kepler-932 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.37 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.122 R♃

Mass

2.45 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

5.24 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.31 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.234

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

#966of 1176

top 82.1%

This planet

1.37R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-240 b 1.37 R⊕ Kepler-286 c 1.37 R⊕ Kepler-901 b 1.37 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-932 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.37	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.45	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	5.24	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.31	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	562.22	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272715773

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078726238114989824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078726238114989824

System

Kepler-932

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.370 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.450 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 1.92 d · percentile 11 / cohort 1164

Distance 465.61 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.234 · percentile 19 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

1.921 days

Semi-major axis

0.0288 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

74.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.92 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0288 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

1.752 h

Impact parameter b

0.450

Rp / R★

0.015340

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.8061

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 279 ppm lasting ≈ 1.75 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015340

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.253

Impact parameter (b)

0.450

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.8061

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06180

Eq. Temperature

1,276K

(1003 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

562.22

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

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-932

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,331 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.840 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.610 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

465.61 parsec

Light-years 1,518.62 ly

V-band magnitude

14.31 mag

Voyager-speed travel 26,780,888 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.119 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.270 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

12.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.330 · y = -0.649 · z = 0.685

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.95208° · Dec 43.27202°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.304° · 8.904°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.628° · 62.507°

HTM-20 index

1521837556