Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1083 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1083, located approximately 2,944.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 33.418 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1899 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 448 K (175 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,943.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.485
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,917,291 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1083 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.300 R♃
Mass
11.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.035 M♃
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.485
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

#242of 1978

top 12.2%

This planet

3.36R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1083 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0010.150.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164458639

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106904698207543936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106904698207543936

System

Kepler-1083

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.360 R⊕ · percentile 87 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.200 M⊕ · percentile 81 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.42 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 902.63 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.485 · percentile 69 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.418 days
Semi-major axis
0.1899 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.08 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.42 Earth days (9.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1899 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.117 %

Duration

4.549 h

Impact parameter b

0.913

Rp / R★

0.039524

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,988.5894

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,167 ppm lasting ≈ 4.55 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.039524

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.913

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,988.5894

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21000

Eq. Temperature

448K

(175 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

10.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.485

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-1083

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,049 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

0.451 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
902.63 parsec
Light-years 2,943.99 ly
V-band magnitude
16.10 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,917,291 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.117.12B16.10V15.85Gaia15.82Kepler15.25TESS16.54Sloan g15.78Sloan r15.52Sloan i15.41Sloan z14.39J13.93H13.82K13.79W113.83W212.91W39.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.080 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.821 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.33 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.95 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.160 · y = -0.686 · z = 0.710

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.16188° · Dec 45.19834°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.874° · 18.677°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.794° · 67.508°

HTM-20 index

-382453396

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