Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1536 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1536, located approximately 1,263.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 364.758 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.8507 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 166 K (-107 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,263.03 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.453
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,273,578 years

Kepler-1536 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.280 R♃
Mass
10.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.032 M♃
Density
1.77 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.453
HZ Position Outer
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#400of 1978

top 20.2%

This planet

3.14R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1536 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.771.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.190.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 62999585

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126773904116001536

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126773904116001536

System

Kepler-1536

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.140 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.000 M⊕ · percentile 73 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 364.76 d · percentile 99 / cohort 1946
Distance 387.25 pc · percentile 40 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.453 · percentile 63 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
364.758 days
Semi-major axis
0.8507 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 364.76 Earth days (99.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.8507 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.148 %

Duration

13.006 h

Impact parameter b

0.875

Rp / R★

0.043320

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,968.4616

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,482 ppm lasting ≈ 13.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.043320

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

120.900

Impact parameter (b)

0.875

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,968.4616

Angular separation (arcsec)

2.20000

Eq. Temperature

166K

(-107 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.19

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.453

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Beyond the outer HZ boundary (too cold) — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1536

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,434 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.95 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.670 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.710 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.640 dex

Stellar density

0.287 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
387.25 parsec
Light-years 1,263.03 ly
V-band magnitude
15.46 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,273,578 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.617.117.10B15.46V15.14Gaia15.19Kepler14.38TESS16.31Sloan g15.15Sloan r14.71Sloan i14.47Sloan z13.31J12.70H12.55K12.50W112.54W212.32W39.64W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.554 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.564 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

8.85 mas/yr

PM Declination

23.98 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.257 · y = -0.649 · z = 0.716

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.58526° · Dec 45.71587°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.736° · 13.424°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.558° · 66.216°

HTM-20 index

-1036006057

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