Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 1.45 Earth radii
A mass of 2.70 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 1.28 g
An orbital period of 10.561 days
Semi-major axis 0.0954 AU
Equilibrium temperature 867 K (594 °C)
Distance from Earth 2,685.57 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.351
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 47,359,940 years

Kepler-936 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

1.45 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.129 R♃

Mass

2.70 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.008 M♃

Density

4.87 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.351

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

#837of 1176

top 71.1%

This planet

1.45R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Kepler-1226 b 1.45 R⊕ Kepler-361 b 1.45 R⊕ Kepler-375 b 1.45 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-936 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	1.45	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	2.70	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	4.87	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	1.28	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	133.56	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270619059

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128190453050802048

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128190453050802048

System

Kepler-936

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.450 R⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1176

Mass 2.700 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1176

Orbital period 10.56 d · percentile 66 / cohort 1164

Distance 823.40 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1171

ESI 0.351 · percentile 50 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

10.561 days

Semi-major axis

0.0954 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

83.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.56 Earth days (2.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0954 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.024 %

Duration

2.759 h

Impact parameter b

0.071

Rp / R★

0.014989

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.7642

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 238 ppm lasting ≈ 2.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014989

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.290

Impact parameter (b)

0.071

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.7642

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11600

Eq. Temperature

867K

(594 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

133.56

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.351

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-936

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,482 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

4.403 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

823.40 parsec

Light-years 2,685.57 ly

V-band magnitude

14.84 mag

Voyager-speed travel 47,359,940 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

13.462 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.74 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.274 · y = -0.628 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.57780° · Dec 46.73630°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.295° · 12.627°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.719° · 66.632°

HTM-20 index

-1467919783