Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-154 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-154, located approximately 2,985.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 14.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 20.550 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1435 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 657 K (384 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,985.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.323
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,640,804 years

4 siblings around Kepler-154

Kepler-154 d shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-154 e Super-Earth 1.50 2.86 3.933 1,140 2016
Kepler-154 f Super-Earth 1.50 2.86 9.919 838 2016
Kepler-154 d this Sub-Neptune 3.84 14.10 20.550 657 2016
Kepler-154 b Sub-Neptune 2.26 5.73 33.041 561 2014
Kepler-154 c Sub-Neptune 2.95 9.01 62.303 454 2014

Kepler-154 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.343 R♃
Mass
14.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.044 M♃
Density
1.37 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.323
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

#47of 1978

top 2.3%

This planet

3.84R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-154 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0014.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.371.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0053.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 416282268

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2133022669212268800

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2133022669212268800

System

Kepler-154

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.840 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1978
Mass 14.100 M⊕ · percentile 91 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 20.55 d · percentile 63 / cohort 1946
Distance 915.21 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.323 · percentile 34 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.550 days
Semi-major axis
0.1435 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.38 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.55 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1435 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.156 %

Duration

5.459 h

Impact parameter b

0.470

Rp / R★

0.036181

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,011.9461

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,564 ppm lasting ≈ 5.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.036181

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

29.250

Impact parameter (b)

0.470

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,011.9461

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15700

Eq. Temperature

657K

(384 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

53.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.323

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-154

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,769 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

0.820 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
915.21 parsec
Light-years 2,985.02 ly
V-band magnitude
14.65 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,640,804 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.515.115.11B14.65V14.51Gaia14.53Kepler14.05TESS14.98Sloan g14.49Sloan r14.34Sloan i14.28Sloan z13.39J13.09H12.99K12.88W112.94W212.81W39.53W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.064 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.422 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.66 mas/yr

PM Declination

4.73 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.218 · y = -0.606 · z = 0.765

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.78054° · Dec 49.89656°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.168° · 16.242°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.871° · 70.542°

HTM-20 index

953134717

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