Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1452 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1452, located approximately 3,249.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.70 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.75 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.06 g
  • An orbital period of 42.914 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2576 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 810 K (537 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,249.56 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.303
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,305,943 years

Kepler-1452 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.70 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.241 R♃
Mass
7.75 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.06 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.303
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

#865of 1978

top 43.7%

This planet

2.70R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1452 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.75317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.062.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0073.500.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137635103

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051937638040407808

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051937638040407808

System

Kepler-1452

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.700 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.750 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 42.91 d · percentile 82 / cohort 1946
Distance 996.32 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.303 · percentile 28 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
42.914 days
Semi-major axis
0.2576 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 42.91 Earth days (11.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2576 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.016 %

Duration

5.121 h

Impact parameter b

0.403

Rp / R★

0.012281

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,972.8885

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 161 ppm lasting ≈ 5.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012281

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

63.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.403

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,972.8885

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.25900

Eq. Temperature

810K

(537 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

73.50

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.303

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-1452

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,101 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

2.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.410 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.950 dex

Stellar density

0.150 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
996.32 parsec
Light-years 3,249.56 ly
V-band magnitude
13.22 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,305,943 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.315.115.04U14.00B13.22V13.07Gaia13.06Kepler12.62TESS13.98Sloan g13.61Sloan r15.12Sloan i13.06Sloan z11.98J11.66H11.64K11.56W111.60W211.55W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.975 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.226 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.72 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.74 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.299 · y = -0.726 · z = 0.619

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.42279° · Dec 38.26628°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.196° · 9.573°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.517° · 58.971°

HTM-20 index

1291818598

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