Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1411 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1411, located approximately 5,415.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.82 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.35 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 86.115 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4001 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 441 K (168 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,415.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.528
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 95,506,837 years

Kepler-1411 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.82 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.252 R♃
Mass
8.35 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.05 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.528
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

#720of 1978

top 36.3%

This planet

2.82R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1411 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.35317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.051.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.930.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158218591

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105552127108243456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105552127108243456

System

Kepler-1411

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.820 R⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.350 M⊕ · percentile 58 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 86.12 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,660.48 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.528 · percentile 74 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
86.115 days
Semi-major axis
0.4001 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 86.12 Earth days (23.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4001 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.088 %

Duration

6.130 h

Impact parameter b

0.127

Rp / R★

0.027896

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.8925

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 875 ppm lasting ≈ 6.13 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027896

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

111.520

Impact parameter (b)

0.127

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.8925

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24100

Eq. Temperature

441K

(168 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.93

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.528

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1411

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,664 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

3.346 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,660.48 parsec
Light-years 5,415.76 ly
V-band magnitude
15.95 mag
Voyager-speed travel 95,506,837 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.516.51B15.95V15.77Gaia15.83Kepler15.32TESS16.29Sloan g15.78Sloan r15.63Sloan i15.59Sloan z14.69J14.33H14.24K14.31W114.37W212.95W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.573 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.451 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.35 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.206 · y = -0.702 · z = 0.682

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.36152° · Dec 42.96389°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.573° · 15.723°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.917° · 64.769°

HTM-20 index

1317873326

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