Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1086 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1086, located approximately 1,520.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 18.784 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1198 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 433 K (160 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,520.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.567
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,808,037 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-1086

Kepler-1086 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-1086 b this Sub-Neptune 2.44 6.53 18.784 433 2016
Kepler-1086 c Sub-Neptune 2.94 8.96 161.516 211 2016

Kepler-1086 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.218 R♃
Mass
6.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.567
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

#1269of 1978

top 64.1%

This planet

2.44R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1086 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.009.160.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271545939

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080018374737161984

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080018374737161984

System

Kepler-1086

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.440 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.530 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.78 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 466.08 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.567 · percentile 78 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.784 days
Semi-major axis
0.1198 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.78 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1198 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.115 %

Duration

3.234 h

Impact parameter b

0.658

Rp / R★

0.034021

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.8832

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,153 ppm lasting ≈ 3.23 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034021

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.658

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.8832

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25700

Eq. Temperature

433K

(160 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

9.16

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.567

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-1086

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,350 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.660 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.700 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.650 dex

Stellar density

5.074 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
466.08 parsec
Light-years 1,520.16 ly
V-band magnitude
16.00 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,808,037 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.716.916.90B16.00V15.56Gaia15.56Kepler14.77TESS16.74Sloan g15.54Sloan r15.06Sloan i14.81Sloan z13.69J13.07H12.94K12.87W112.91W212.68W39.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.117 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.000 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.297 · y = -0.630 · z = 0.717

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.25119° · Dec 45.84295°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.017° · 11.192°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.431° · 65.348°

HTM-20 index

-1996805465

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