Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1432 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1432, located approximately 7,083.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.22 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.56 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 23.911 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1696 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 709 K (436 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 7,083.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.374
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 124,920,766 years

Kepler-1432 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.22 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.198 R♃
Mass
5.56 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.79 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.374
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

#1642of 1978

top 83.0%

This planet

2.22R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1432 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.56317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.791.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00119.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27532128

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134934273258874240

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2134934273258874240

System

Kepler-1432

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.220 R⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.560 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 23.91 d · percentile 68 / cohort 1946
Distance 2,171.87 pc · percentile 98 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.374 · percentile 47 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
23.911 days
Semi-major axis
0.1696 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.33 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 23.91 Earth days (6.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1696 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

5.055 h

Impact parameter b

0.398

Rp / R★

0.018101

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,983.5316

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 294 ppm lasting ≈ 5.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018101

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

34.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.398

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,983.5316

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07810

Eq. Temperature

709K

(436 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

119.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.374

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-1432

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,031 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.322 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,171.87 parsec
Light-years 7,083.68 ly
V-band magnitude
15.59 mag
Voyager-speed travel 124,920,766 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.815.82B15.59V15.37Gaia15.38Kepler14.93TESS15.79Sloan g15.33Sloan r15.20Sloan i15.16Sloan z14.27J13.95H13.97K13.83W113.90W212.98W39.42W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.431 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.313 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.15 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.19 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.278 · y = -0.582 · z = 0.764

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.52410° · Dec 49.82952°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.724° · 12.860°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.374° · 68.848°

HTM-20 index

-294045797

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