Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1024 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1024, located approximately 3,546.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.95 g
  • An orbital period of 66.416 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3033 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 376 K (103 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,546.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.524
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,544,646 years

Kepler-1024 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.349 R♃
Mass
14.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.046 M♃
Density
1.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.95 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.524
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

#20of 1978

top 1.0%

This planet

3.91R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1024 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.952.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.450.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137349536

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052666992204482816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052666992204482816

System

Kepler-1024

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.910 R⊕ · percentile 99 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.500 M⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 66.42 d · percentile 90 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,087.40 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.524 · percentile 73 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
66.416 days
Semi-major axis
0.3033 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.70 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 66.42 Earth days (18.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3033 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.205 %

Duration

6.965 h

Impact parameter b

0.371

Rp / R★

0.045698

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,021.1343

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,053 ppm lasting ≈ 6.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.045698

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

76.060

Impact parameter (b)

0.371

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,021.1343

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.27900

Eq. Temperature

376K

(103 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.45

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.524

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

Host System: Kepler-1024

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,143 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.25 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.780 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

1.467 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,087.40 parsec
Light-years 3,546.62 ly
V-band magnitude
16.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 62,544,646 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.318.518.52U16.23B16.27V16.01Gaia15.98Kepler15.42TESS16.66Sloan g15.97Sloan r15.73Sloan i15.57Sloan z14.59J14.05H14.05K13.83W113.89W212.89W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.893 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.239 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.72 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.294 · y = -0.728 · z = 0.619

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.95103° · Dec 38.25164°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.012° · 9.897°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.820° · 59.066°

HTM-20 index

1966812670

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