Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1022 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1022, located approximately 1,370.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 10.995 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0805 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 512 K (239 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,369.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.497
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 24,159,811 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1022 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.211 R♃
Mass
6.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.497
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

#1395of 1978

top 70.5%

This planet

2.36R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1022 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0019.260.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159051188

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127788822067165824

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127788822067165824

System

Kepler-1022

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.360 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.170 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 10.99 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1946
Distance 420.04 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.497 · percentile 70 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
10.995 days
Semi-major axis
0.0805 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.71 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 10.99 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0805 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.088 %

Duration

1.643 h

Impact parameter b

0.265

Rp / R★

0.031603

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.3577

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 885 ppm lasting ≈ 1.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031603

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.265

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.3577

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.19200

Eq. Temperature

512K

(239 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

19.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.497

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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-1022

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,445 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.63 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.680 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

22.399 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
420.04 parsec
Light-years 1,369.99 ly
V-band magnitude
15.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 24,159,811 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.317.27B15.76V15.38Gaia15.39Kepler14.62TESS16.50Sloan g15.33Sloan r14.91Sloan i14.69Sloan z13.54J12.91H12.82K12.75W112.79W212.36W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.352 mas

Total Proper Motion

17.359 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-16.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.226 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.731

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.35206° · Dec 46.97363°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.261° · 15.348°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.013° · 67.941°

HTM-20 index

1831413092

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