Key parameters at a glance

A radius of 3.72 Earth radii
A mass of 13.40 Earth masses
Surface gravity around 0.97 g
An orbital period of 67.669 days
Semi-major axis 0.3214 AU
Equilibrium temperature 495 K (222 °C)
Distance from Earth 5,125.41 light-years
Earth Similarity Index 0.426
Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 90,386,619 years

1 sibling around Kepler-937

Kepler-937 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet	Type	Radius (R⊕)	Mass (M⊕)	Period (d)	Eq. T (K)	Year
Kepler-937 b this	Sub-Neptune	3.72	13.40	67.669	495	2016
Kepler-937 c	Sub-Neptune	2.67	7.61	153.343	377	2016

Kepler-937 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius

3.72 R⊕

Radius (Jupiter)

0.332 R♃

Mass

13.40 M⊕

Mass (Jupiter)

0.042 M♃

Density

1.43 g/cm³

Surface Gravity

0.97 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.426

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

#81of 1978

top 4.0%

This planet

3.72R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

K2-357 b 3.72 R⊕ Kepler-79 c 3.72 R⊕ pi Men d 3.72 R⊕

Metric	Earth	Kepler-937 b	Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)	1.00	3.72	11.21
Mass (M⊕)	1.00	13.40	317.83
Density (g/cm³)	5.51	1.43	1.33
Surface Gravity (g)	1.00	0.97	2.53
Insolation (S⊕)	1.00	20.63	0.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270854155

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128152897857003264

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128152897857003264

System

Kepler-937

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.720 R⊕ · percentile 96 / cohort 1978

Mass 13.400 M⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978

Orbital period 67.67 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1946

Distance 1,571.46 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1975

ESI 0.426 · percentile 58 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period

67.669 days

Semi-major axis

0.3214 AU

Eccentricity

0.000

Inclination

89.61 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 67.67 Earth days (18.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3214 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.096 %

Duration

9.623 h

Impact parameter b

0.783

Rp / R★

0.027750

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,031.1965

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 961 ppm lasting ≈ 9.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027750

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.783

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,031.1965

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.20500

Eq. Temperature

495K

(222 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

20.63

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.426

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-937

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,095 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.220 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.320 dex

Stellar density

0.654 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance

1,571.46 parsec

Light-years 5,125.41 ly

V-band magnitude

15.41 mag

Voyager-speed travel 90,386,619 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.608 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.846 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.29 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.281 · y = -0.626 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.16881° · Dec 46.71462°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.460° · 12.255°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.627° · 66.449°

HTM-20 index

-1317666582