Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1535 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1535, located approximately 2,928.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.55 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.04 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 138.944 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5329 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 384 K (111 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,928.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.615
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 51,635,454 years

Kepler-1535 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.55 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.228 R♃
Mass
7.04 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.615
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

#1105of 1978

top 55.8%

This planet

2.55R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1535 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.04317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.380.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120961712

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2100009488992720896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2100009488992720896

System

Kepler-1535

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.550 R⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.040 M⊕ · percentile 41 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 138.94 d · percentile 96 / cohort 1946
Distance 897.73 pc · percentile 72 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.615 · percentile 84 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
138.944 days
Semi-major axis
0.5329 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 138.94 Earth days (38.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5329 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.053 %

Duration

10.456 h

Impact parameter b

0.195

Rp / R★

0.021343

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,986.9100

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 530 ppm lasting ≈ 10.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021343

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

100.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.195

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,986.9100

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.59400

Eq. Temperature

384K

(111 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.38

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.615

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-1535

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,021 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.110 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.080 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.380 dex

Stellar density

0.988 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
897.73 parsec
Light-years 2,928.01 ly
V-band magnitude
14.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 51,635,454 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.215.21B14.39V14.18Gaia14.21Kepler13.73TESS14.63Sloan g14.16Sloan r14.03Sloan i13.96Sloan z13.10J12.78H12.74K12.72W112.74W212.48W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.085 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.023 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.02 mas/yr

PM Declination

0.10 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.223 · y = -0.746 · z = 0.628

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 286.61369° · Dec 38.89195°

Galactic ℓ, b

69.779° · 13.942°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.114° · 60.777°

HTM-20 index

585929862

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