Key parameters at a glance
- A radius of 2.29 Earth radii
- A mass of 5.86 Earth masses
- Surface gravity around 1.12 g
- An orbital period of 3.127 days
- Semi-major axis 0.0381 AU
- Equilibrium temperature 1,391 K (1118 °C)
- Distance from Earth 929.27 light-years
- Earth Similarity Index 0.179
- Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 16,387,687 years
- Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit
Kepler-960 b Planet Profile
Physical Specs
Classification
Planet Type
Sub-Neptune
Discovery
Size rank in cohort
Rank by radius
#1519of 1978
top 76.7%
This planet
2.29R⊕
Sub-Neptune median
2.71R⊕
Nearest-size peers
| Metric | Earth | Kepler-960 b | Jupiter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radius (R⊕) | 1.00 | 2.29 | 11.21 |
| Mass (M⊕) | 1.00 | 5.86 | 317.83 |
| Density (g/cm³) | 5.51 | 2.68 | 1.33 |
| Surface Gravity (g) | 1.00 | 1.12 | 2.53 |
| Insolation (S⊕) | 1.00 | 129.22 | 0.037 |
Star Catalogue Identifiers
TIC
TIC 123357476
Gaia DR2
Gaia DR2 2119194936102585472
Gaia DR3
Gaia DR3 2119194936102585472
System
Kepler-960
Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort
Orbit & Habitability
Orbital Dynamics
Year Length
A year here lasts approximately 3.13 Earth days (0.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0381 AU.
Transit Fingerprint
Depth
0.079 %
Duration
1.198 h
Impact parameter b
0.725
Rp / R★
0.028578
Transit midpoint (BJD)
2,454,966.7245
Photometric dip
Transit produces a flux drop of 795 ppm lasting ≈ 1.20 h.
Extended Orbital Architecture
Planet / star radius ratio
0.028578
Semi-major axis / stellar radius
20.250
Impact parameter (b)
0.725
Transit mid-time (BJD)
2,454,966.7245
Angular separation (arcsec)
0.13400
Eq. Temperature
1,391K
(1118 °C)
Insolation (S⊕)
129.22
Earth = 1.00
Earth Similarity (ESI)
0.179
0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical
Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. 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-960
Spectral Class
K-type orange
Effective Temperature
4,755 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)
Estimated Age
3.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)
Stellar Radius
0.720 R☉
Stellar Mass
0.770 M☉
Metallicity [Fe/H]
0.02
Extended Stellar Properties
Surface gravity (log g)
4.610 dex
Stellar density
2.210 g/cm³
Metallicity ratio
[Fe/H]
Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands
Astrometric Data
Parallax
3.481 mas
Total Proper Motion
19.473 mas/yr
PM Right Ascension
1.83 mas/yr
PM Declination
19.39 mas/yr
Galactic Cartesian (pc)
x = 0.136 · y = -0.672 · z = 0.728
Equatorial (J2000)
RA 281.45722° · Dec 46.74655°
Galactic ℓ, b
76.011° · 20.306°
Ecliptic λ, β
292.630° · 69.287°
HTM-20 index
1696531864
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