Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1090 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1090, located approximately 2,800.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 198.680 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.6332 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 297 K (24 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,800.93 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.782
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,394,396 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1090

Kepler-1090 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-1090 c Sub-Neptune 3.29 10.90 42.427 496 2021
Kepler-1090 b this Sub-Neptune 2.25 5.69 198.680 297 2016

Kepler-1090 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.201 R♃
Mass
5.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.782
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

#1589of 1978

top 80.3%

This planet

2.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1090 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001.830.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271885110

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079650828617180288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079650828617180288

System

Kepler-1090

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.250 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.690 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 198.68 d · percentile 98 / cohort 1946
Distance 858.77 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.782 · percentile 99 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
198.680 days
Semi-major axis
0.6332 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.67 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 198.68 Earth days (54.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.6332 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.065 %

Duration

8.287 h

Impact parameter b

0.338

Rp / R★

0.025382

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,103.6691

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 645 ppm lasting ≈ 8.29 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025382

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

177.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.338

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,103.6691

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.73700

Eq. Temperature

297K

(24 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.83

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.782

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1090

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,321 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

1.010 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
858.77 parsec
Light-years 2,800.93 ly
V-band magnitude
15.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,394,396 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.716.216.24B15.31V15.00Gaia15.00Kepler14.42TESS15.67Sloan g14.96Sloan r14.72Sloan i14.59Sloan z13.60J13.15H13.07K13.06W113.12W212.06W39.66W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.137 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.013 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.309 · y = -0.643 · z = 0.701

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.66290° · Dec 44.52582°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.970° · 10.320°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.821° · 64.025°

HTM-20 index

-1130536882

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