Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 1.35 Earth radii
- A mass of 2.39 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.31 g
- An orbital period of 4.881 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0527 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 879 K (606 °C)
- Distance from Earth 1,538.75 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.354
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 27,135,772 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-935 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Super-Earth
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#996of 1176
top 84.6%
This planet
1.35R⊕
Super-Earth median
1.60R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-935 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 1.35 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 2.39 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 5.34 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.31 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 94.61 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 271424795
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2080476321330727808
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2080476321330727808
System
Kepler-935
Percentile among Super-Earth cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 4.88 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0527 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.034 %
Duration
2.510 h
Impact parameter b
0.972
Rp / R★
0.016868
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,969.1978
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 343 ppm lasting ≈ 2.51 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.016868
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
14.460
Impact parameter (b)
0.972
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,969.1978
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.11200
Eq. Temperature
879K
(606 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
94.61
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.354
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-935
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,830 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.730 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.780 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
-0.01
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.610 dex
Stellar density
2.400 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
2.091 mas
Total Proper Motion
5.270 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
4.84 mas/yr
PM Declination
2.09 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.291 · y = -0.622 · z = 0.727
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 295.02172° · Dec 46.61920°
Galactic ℓ, b
79.645° · 11.691°
Ecliptic λ, β
315.856° · 66.121°
HTM-20 index
-1126582041
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