Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2013

Kepler-105 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-105, located approximately 1,497.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.69 g
  • An orbital period of 5.412 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0602 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,418 K (1145 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,497.78 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.177
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,413,408 years

1 sibling around Kepler-105

Kepler-105 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-105 b this Sub-Neptune 2.53 10.80 5.412 1,418 2013
Kepler-105 c Super-Earth 1.44 5.60 7.126 997 2014

Kepler-105 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.226 R♃
Mass
10.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
3.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.69 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.177
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2013
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1133of 1978

top 57.2%

This planet

2.53R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-105 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.692.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00341.810.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158625964

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130368310704421120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130368310704421120

System

Kepler-105

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.530 R⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.800 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 5.41 d · percentile 14 / cohort 1946
Distance 459.22 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.177 · percentile 4 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
5.412 days
Semi-major axis
0.0602 AU
Eccentricity
0.020
Inclination
85.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 5.41 Earth days (1.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0602 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.060 %

Duration

2.947 h

Impact parameter b

0.438

Rp / R★

0.022920

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,955.3186

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 598 ppm lasting ≈ 2.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022920

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.650

Impact parameter (b)

0.438

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,955.3186

Long. of periastron (ω)

225.00°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13100

Eq. Temperature

1,418K

(1145 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

341.81

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.177

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Wang et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-105

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,933 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.27 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.026 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.991 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.09

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.432 dex

Stellar density

0.920 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

1.97 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
459.22 parsec
Light-years 1,497.78 ly
V-band magnitude
12.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,413,408 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.913.613.59B12.98V12.80Gaia12.79Kepler12.40TESS13.11Sloan g12.73Sloan r12.65Sloan i12.65Sloan z11.81J11.56H11.50K11.43W111.48W211.47W38.88W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.149 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.209 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.212 · y = -0.658 · z = 0.723

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.88724° · Dec 46.27612°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.185° · 15.999°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.887° · 67.622°

HTM-20 index

-1740157814

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