Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1034 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1034, located approximately 2,134.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.73 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 12.124 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0965 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 675 K (402 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,134.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.390
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,648,092 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1034 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.202 R♃
Mass
5.73 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.390
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

#1572of 1978

top 79.4%

This planet

2.26R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1034 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.73317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0036.790.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120762990

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2099851331117081600

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2099851331117081600

System

Kepler-1034

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.260 R⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.730 M⊕ · percentile 20 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 12.12 d · percentile 42 / cohort 1946
Distance 654.55 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.390 · percentile 50 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
12.124 days
Semi-major axis
0.0965 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 12.12 Earth days (3.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0965 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.079 %

Duration

3.314 h

Impact parameter b

0.081

Rp / R★

0.026095

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.9556

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 788 ppm lasting ≈ 3.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026095

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.683

Impact parameter (b)

0.081

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.9556

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14700

Eq. Temperature

675K

(402 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

36.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.390

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-1034

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,198 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

3.010 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
654.55 parsec
Light-years 2,134.85 ly
V-band magnitude
15.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,648,092 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.817.617.65U16.66B15.27V15.07Gaia15.09Kepler14.49TESS15.73Sloan g15.00Sloan r14.77Sloan i14.62Sloan z13.72J13.25H13.16K13.09W113.12W212.71W38.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.499 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.264 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.219 · y = -0.757 · z = 0.615

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.11541° · Dec 37.96695°

Galactic ℓ, b

68.745° · 13.926°

Ecliptic λ, β

295.921° · 59.964°

HTM-20 index

657808868

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