Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1084 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1084, located approximately 1,322.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.41 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 2.053 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0324 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,737 K (1464 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,322.67 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.169
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,325,288 years

Kepler-1084 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.099 R♃
Mass
1.41 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.169
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

#209of 570

top 36.5%

This planet

1.11R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1084 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.41317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,766.590.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267749737

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129464546506876928

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129464546506876928

System

Kepler-1084

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.110 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 570
Mass 1.410 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.05 d · percentile 23 / cohort 567
Distance 405.53 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 566
ESI 0.169 · percentile 8 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.053 days
Semi-major axis
0.0324 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
61.50 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.05 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0324 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.007 %

Duration

2.375 h

Impact parameter b

0.813

Rp / R★

0.007597

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.5180

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 66 ppm lasting ≈ 2.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007597

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

2.030

Impact parameter (b)

0.813

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.5180

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07990

Eq. Temperature

1,737K

(1464 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,766.59

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.169

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1084

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,113 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.280 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.270 dex

Stellar density

0.560 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

3.35 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
405.53 parsec
Light-years 1,322.67 ly
V-band magnitude
12.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,325,288 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.713.113.12B12.02V12.16Gaia12.22Kepler11.76TESS12.52Sloan g12.18Sloan r12.09Sloan i12.06Sloan z11.18J10.90H10.84K10.79W110.83W210.66W39.74W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.438 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.902 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.87 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.77 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.229 · y = -0.625 · z = 0.746

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.10198° · Dec 48.25115°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.685° · 15.396°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.566° · 68.945°

HTM-20 index

-383498672

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