Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1052 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1052, located approximately 3,077.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.91 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 34.854 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2099 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 522 K (249 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,077.10 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.449
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,264,642 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1052

Kepler-1052 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-1052 b this Sub-Neptune 2.93 8.91 34.854 522 2016
Kepler-1052 c Sub-Neptune 2.30 5.90 180.922 302 2023

Kepler-1052 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.261 R♃
Mass
8.91 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.95 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.449
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

#585of 1978

top 29.5%

This planet

2.93R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1052 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.91317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.951.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0020.980.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271661839

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080466185207274880

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080466185207274880

System

Kepler-1052

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.930 R⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.910 M⊕ · percentile 64 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 34.85 d · percentile 77 / cohort 1946
Distance 943.44 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.449 · percentile 62 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
34.854 days
Semi-major axis
0.2099 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 34.85 Earth days (9.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2099 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.084 %

Duration

5.358 h

Impact parameter b

0.770

Rp / R★

0.026443

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,997.0444

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 842 ppm lasting ≈ 5.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026443

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

51.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.770

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,997.0444

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22200

Eq. Temperature

522K

(249 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

20.98

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.449

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-1052

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,888 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.030 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

1.240 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
943.44 parsec
Light-years 3,077.10 ly
V-band magnitude
14.93 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,264,642 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.815.83B14.93V14.86Gaia14.88Kepler14.38TESS15.36Sloan g14.82Sloan r14.67Sloan i14.60Sloan z13.73J13.39H13.31K13.29W113.33W212.56W39.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.031 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.568 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.294 · y = -0.621 · z = 0.727

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.34273° · Dec 46.60221°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.733° · 11.487°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.332° · 66.013°

HTM-20 index

-1257896792

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