Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1030 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1030, located approximately 2,474.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.48 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.71 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.09 g
  • An orbital period of 19.330 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1338 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 529 K (256 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,474.55 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.474
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,638,724 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1030 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.48 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.221 R♃
Mass
6.71 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.42 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.09 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.474
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

#1212of 1978

top 61.2%

This planet

2.48R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1030 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.71317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.421.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.092.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0016.880.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270617362

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128009617747394432

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128009617747394432

System

Kepler-1030

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.480 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.710 M⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 19.33 d · percentile 61 / cohort 1946
Distance 758.70 pc · percentile 63 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.474 · percentile 67 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
19.330 days
Semi-major axis
0.1338 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 19.33 Earth days (5.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1338 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.104 %

Duration

3.770 h

Impact parameter b

0.009

Rp / R★

0.029641

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.2682

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,040 ppm lasting ≈ 3.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029641

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

39.980

Impact parameter (b)

0.009

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.2682

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17600

Eq. Temperature

529K

(256 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

16.88

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.474

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-1030

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,983 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.760 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.800 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

2.318 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
758.70 parsec
Light-years 2,474.55 ly
V-band magnitude
16.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,638,724 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.117.117.08B16.00V15.72Gaia15.72Kepler15.08TESS16.51Sloan g15.65Sloan r15.38Sloan i15.24Sloan z14.20J13.71H13.58K13.58W113.66W212.88W39.07W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.290 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.409 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.06 mas/yr

PM Declination

-13.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.280 · y = -0.638 · z = 0.717

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.68191° · Dec 45.81752°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.485° · 12.153°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.983° · 65.760°

HTM-20 index

-1351300413

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