Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1004 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1004, located approximately 3,759.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 32.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.82 g
  • An orbital period of 5.288 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0679 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,661 K (1388 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,759.53 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.094
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 66,299,396 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1004 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.560 R♃
Mass
32.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.102 M♃
Density
0.72 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.094
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

#255of 574

top 44.3%

This planet

6.28R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1004 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0032.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.721.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,610.090.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 28159194

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2087243952836878080

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2087243952836878080

System

Kepler-1004

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.280 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 574
Mass 32.500 M⊕ · percentile 54 / cohort 574
Orbital period 5.29 d · percentile 21 / cohort 524
Distance 1,152.68 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 572
ESI 0.094 · percentile 2 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.288 days
Semi-major axis
0.0679 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.29 Earth days (1.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0679 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

8.528 h

Impact parameter b

0.577

Rp / R★

0.017122

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.3635

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 344 ppm lasting ≈ 8.53 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017122

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

3.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.577

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.3635

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05890

Eq. Temperature

1,661K

(1388 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,610.09

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.094

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. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1004

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,972 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.76 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

3.390 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.110 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.430 dex

Stellar density

0.040 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-38.87 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,152.68 parsec
Light-years 3,759.53 ly
V-band magnitude
13.71 mag
Voyager-speed travel 66,299,396 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.914.914.87B13.71V13.40Gaia13.43Kepler12.72TESS14.31Sloan g13.36Sloan r13.05Sloan i12.82Sloan z11.70J11.16H11.06K11.00W111.08W210.92W38.93W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.839 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.198 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.297 · y = -0.573 · z = 0.764

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.35934° · Dec 49.79755°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.258° · 11.796°

Ecliptic λ, β

323.165° · 68.246°

HTM-20 index

-931265910

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