Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-1085 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1085, located approximately 4,450.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.27 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 56.777 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2980 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 491 K (218 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,450.50 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.453
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 78,484,501 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1085

Kepler-1085 c 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-1085 c this Sub-Neptune 3.27 10.70 56.777 491 2020
Kepler-1085 b Neptune-like 7.22 41.20 219.322 313 2016

Kepler-1085 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.27 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.292 R♃
Mass
10.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.453
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#302of 1978

top 15.2%

This planet

3.27R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1085 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0011.800.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158487108

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130321925058256384

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130321925058256384

System

Kepler-1085

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.268 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.700 M⊕ · percentile 78 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 56.78 d · percentile 88 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,364.53 pc · percentile 90 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.453 · percentile 63 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
56.777 days
Semi-major axis
0.2980 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 56.78 Earth days (15.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2980 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.088 %

Duration

6.538 h

Impact parameter b

0.305

Rp / R★

0.028260

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,014.0979

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 884 ppm lasting ≈ 6.54 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028260

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

65.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.305

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,014.0979

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21800

Eq. Temperature

491K

(218 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

11.80

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.453

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

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1085

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,816 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.07 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.078 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.050 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.394 dex

Stellar density

1.181 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,364.53 parsec
Light-years 4,450.50 ly
V-band magnitude
15.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 78,484,501 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.016.116.12B15.27V15.25Gaia15.27Kepler14.80TESS15.70Sloan g15.21Sloan r15.09Sloan i15.04Sloan z14.20J13.91H13.89K13.86W113.89W213.02W38.99W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.704 mas

Total Proper Motion

0.159 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.16 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.03 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.661 · z = 0.721

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.47764° · Dec 46.14117°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.942° · 16.209°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.069° · 67.584°

HTM-20 index

-1735555335

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