Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1419 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1419, located approximately 4,887.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 42.522 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2391 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 510 K (237 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,887.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.463
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 86,194,736 years

Kepler-1419 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.255 R♃
Mass
8.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.027 M♃
Density
2.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.463
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

#671of 1978

top 33.9%

This planet

2.86R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1419 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0021.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137548281

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051897265347291520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051897265347291520

System

Kepler-1419

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.860 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.550 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 42.52 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,498.58 pc · percentile 93 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.463 · percentile 65 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
42.522 days
Semi-major axis
0.2391 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.44 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 42.52 Earth days (11.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2391 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.069 %

Duration

5.798 h

Impact parameter b

0.127

Rp / R★

0.026020

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.1288

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 686 ppm lasting ≈ 5.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026020

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

57.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.127

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.1288

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16000

Eq. Temperature

510K

(237 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

21.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.463

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-1419

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,796 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

1.381 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,498.58 parsec
Light-years 4,887.71 ly
V-band magnitude
15.96 mag
Voyager-speed travel 86,194,736 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.816.516.49B15.96V15.72Gaia15.76Kepler15.21TESS16.30Sloan g15.72Sloan r15.53Sloan i15.45Sloan z14.51J14.17H14.08K14.07W114.31W212.74W38.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.640 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.232 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.59 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.26 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.299 · y = -0.730 · z = 0.615

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.25459° · Dec 37.97138°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.869° · 9.557°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.105° · 58.728°

HTM-20 index

1252730447

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