Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1326 b

A neptune-like orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1326, located approximately 2,277.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.18 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 42.351 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2743 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 938 K (665 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,277.63 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.217
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 40,166,041 years

Kepler-1326 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.18 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.373 R♃
Mass
16.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.051 M♃
Density
1.23 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.217
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

#524of 574

top 91.1%

This planet

4.18R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1326 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.1811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.231.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0047.840.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184417262

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2073280185224841728

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2073280185224841728

System

Kepler-1326

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.180 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 574
Mass 16.300 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 574
Orbital period 42.35 d · percentile 67 / cohort 524
Distance 698.33 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 572
ESI 0.217 · percentile 31 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
42.351 days
Semi-major axis
0.2743 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 42.35 Earth days (11.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2743 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.058 %

Duration

7.636 h

Impact parameter b

0.037

Rp / R★

0.022399

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.6238

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 585 ppm lasting ≈ 7.64 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022399

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

43.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.037

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.6238

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.39300

Eq. Temperature

938K

(665 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

47.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.217

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1326

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,725 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.70 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.740 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.450 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.856 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

4.08 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
698.33 parsec
Light-years 2,277.63 ly
V-band magnitude
12.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 40,166,041 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 12 bands

11.713.313.25B12.84V12.74Gaia12.85Kepler12.42TESS13.07Sloan g12.78Sloan r12.74Sloan i12.74Sloan z11.95J11.73H11.70K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.404 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.783 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

7.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.342 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.633

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.22220° · Dec 39.26894°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.502° · 7.434°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.586° · 58.980°

HTM-20 index

-1165873292

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