Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1086 c

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 2.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 161.516 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5030 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 211 K (-62 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,520.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.571
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,808,037 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1086

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

Kepler-1086 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.262 R♃
Mass
8.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.94 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.571
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#570of 1978

top 28.8%

This planet

2.94R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1086 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.941.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.520.037

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 2.940 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.960 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 161.52 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 466.08 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.571 · percentile 79 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
161.516 days
Semi-major axis
0.5030 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 161.52 Earth days (44.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5030 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.218 %

Duration

6.456 h

Impact parameter b

0.287

Rp / R★

0.040972

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,009.4977

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 2,183 ppm lasting ≈ 6.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.040972

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

196.220

Impact parameter (b)

0.287

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,009.4977

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.08000

Eq. Temperature

211K

(-62 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.571

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

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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