Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1110 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1110, located approximately 2,370.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.56 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 9.693 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0754 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 609 K (336 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,370.59 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.405
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,805,408 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-1110 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.237 R♃
Mass
7.56 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.21 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.405
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

#928of 1978

top 46.9%

This planet

2.66R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1110 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.56317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.211.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0043.140.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351060274

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052691044021500032

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052691044021500032

System

Kepler-1110

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.660 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.560 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 9.69 d · percentile 33 / cohort 1946
Distance 726.83 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.405 · percentile 53 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.693 days
Semi-major axis
0.0754 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.72 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.69 Earth days (2.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0754 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.113 %

Duration

2.759 h

Impact parameter b

0.534

Rp / R★

0.034704

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.5296

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,131 ppm lasting ≈ 2.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.034704

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.534

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.5296

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10400

Eq. Temperature

609K

(336 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

43.14

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.405

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-1110

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,781 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.79 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.700 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.730 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.16

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

2.750 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
726.83 parsec
Light-years 2,370.59 ly
V-band magnitude
16.27 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,805,408 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.017.01B16.27V15.89Gaia15.91Kepler15.23TESS16.76Sloan g15.89Sloan r15.55Sloan i15.37Sloan z14.32J13.75H13.60K13.52W113.60W212.78W39.37W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.348 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.824 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

5.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.48 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.290 · y = -0.725 · z = 0.624

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.80806° · Dec 38.62266°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.297° · 10.164°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.821° · 59.453°

HTM-20 index

2058907789

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