Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2012

PH1 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white PH1, located approximately 3,369.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 169.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.42 g
  • An orbital period of 138.317 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6520 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 481 K (208 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,369.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.352
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 59,424,891 years
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Circumbinary planet

PH1 b orbits a binary-star pair rather than a single host — a minority architecture in the confirmed catalogue.

PH1 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.551 R♃
Mass
169.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.531 M♃
Density
g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.42 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.352
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2012
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#264of 574

top 45.8%

This planet

6.18R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth PH1 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00169.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.422.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 169.000 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 170348142

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073478823183937536

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073478823183937536

System

PH1

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.180 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 574
Mass 169.000 M⊕ · percentile 94 / cohort 574
Orbital period 138.32 d · percentile 86 / cohort 524
Distance 1,033.16 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 572
ESI 0.352 · percentile 64 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
138.317 days
Semi-major axis
0.6520 AU
Eccentricity
0.070
Inclination
90.05 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 138.32 Earth days (37.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6520 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Rp / R★

0.032680

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,074.4900

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032680

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.144

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,074.4900

Long. of periastron (ω)

341.88°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.63100

Eq. Temperature

481K

(208 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.352

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Schwamb et al. 2013

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2013-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: PH1

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,407 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.734 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.528 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.140 dex

Stellar density

0.293 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

21.19 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

32.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,033.16 parsec
Light-years 3,369.71 ly
V-band magnitude
13.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 59,424,891 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.914.93B13.84V13.70Gaia13.72Kepler13.31TESS14.06Sloan g13.67Sloan r13.57Sloan i13.54Sloan z12.71J12.46H12.40K12.30W112.33W212.29W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.455 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.095 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.28 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.362 · y = -0.675 · z = 0.642

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.21506° · Dec 39.95509°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.869° · 6.440°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.849° · 59.079°

HTM-20 index

-573525947

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