Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1105 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1105, located approximately 1,037.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.70 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 4.422 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0471 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 729 K (456 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,037.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.377
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,290,829 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1105 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.179 R♃
Mass
4.70 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.18 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.377
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

#1940of 1978

top 98.0%

This planet

2.01R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1105 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.70317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.181.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0047.180.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123231917

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2116733198288204288

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2116733198288204288

System

Kepler-1105

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.010 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.700 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 4.42 d · percentile 10 / cohort 1946
Distance 318.00 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.377 · percentile 47 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.422 days
Semi-major axis
0.0471 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.34 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.42 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0471 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.072 %

Duration

2.075 h

Impact parameter b

0.744

Rp / R★

0.026805

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.1835

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 717 ppm lasting ≈ 2.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026805

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.810

Impact parameter (b)

0.744

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.1835

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.14800

Eq. Temperature

729K

(456 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

47.18

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.377

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-1105

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,299 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.71 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.680 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.28

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

0.662 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
318.00 parsec
Light-years 1,037.19 ly
V-band magnitude
15.32 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,290,829 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.416.38B15.32V15.14Gaia15.18Kepler14.32TESS16.41Sloan g15.14Sloan r14.66Sloan i14.32Sloan z13.15J12.51H12.37K12.16W112.19W211.91W39.48W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.116 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.899 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.81 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.142 · y = -0.724 · z = 0.675

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.11176° · Dec 42.45497°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.616° · 19.137°

Ecliptic λ, β

289.760° · 65.134°

HTM-20 index

-1620806660

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