Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1036 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1036, located approximately 1,596.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.03 g
  • An orbital period of 122.881 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4773 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 326 K (53 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,596.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.654
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,151,130 years

Kepler-1036 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.269 R♃
Mass
9.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
1.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.654
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

#509of 1978

top 25.7%

This planet

3.01R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1036 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.820.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27396869

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134950078738454016

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2134950078738454016

System

Kepler-1036

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.010 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.320 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 122.88 d · percentile 95 / cohort 1946
Distance 489.44 pc · percentile 46 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.654 · percentile 88 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
122.881 days
Semi-major axis
0.4773 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.24 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 122.88 Earth days (33.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4773 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.072 %

Duration

8.281 h

Impact parameter b

0.900

Rp / R★

0.030636

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,998.4570

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 718 ppm lasting ≈ 8.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030636

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

58.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.900

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,998.4570

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.97500

Eq. Temperature

326K

(53 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.82

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.654

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1036

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,533 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

1.480 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
489.44 parsec
Light-years 1,596.32 ly
V-band magnitude
13.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,151,130 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.514.714.70B13.87V13.76Gaia13.80Kepler13.26TESS14.33Sloan g13.73Sloan r13.57Sloan i13.51Sloan z12.52J12.21H12.12K12.10W112.17W212.96W39.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.014 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.473 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.274 · y = -0.582 · z = 0.765

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.18171° · Dec 49.94582°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.728° · 13.109°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.987° · 69.055°

HTM-20 index

-282405391

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