Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1467 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1467, located approximately 2,781.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 47.057 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2388 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 411 K (138 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,781.75 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.525
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,056,077 years

Kepler-1467 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.294 R♃
Mass
10.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.525
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

#280of 1978

top 14.1%

This planet

3.30R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1467 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.007.920.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271427581

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079981712895637248

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079981712895637248

System

Kepler-1467

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.300 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.900 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 47.06 d · percentile 84 / cohort 1946
Distance 852.89 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.525 · percentile 74 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
47.057 days
Semi-major axis
0.2388 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 47.06 Earth days (12.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2388 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.153 %

Duration

5.272 h

Impact parameter b

0.128

Rp / R★

0.036705

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,994.0591

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,531 ppm lasting ≈ 5.27 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036705

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

70.150

Impact parameter (b)

0.128

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,994.0591

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.28000

Eq. Temperature

411K

(138 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

7.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.525

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-1467

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,332 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.860 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

2.949 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
852.89 parsec
Light-years 2,781.75 ly
V-band magnitude
15.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,056,077 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.216.21B15.83V15.52Gaia15.55Kepler14.95TESS16.21Sloan g15.50Sloan r15.26Sloan i15.17Sloan z14.14J13.70H13.58K13.38W113.47W212.94W39.06W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.144 mas

Total Proper Motion

1.449 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.26 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.298 · y = -0.637 · z = 0.711

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.04854° · Dec 45.34268°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.498° · 11.086°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.644° · 64.947°

HTM-20 index

-1193960645

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