Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1545 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1545, located approximately 2,380.8 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 163.692 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5442 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 274 K (1 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,380.82 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.720
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 41,985,783 years

Kepler-1545 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 0.720
HZ Position Habitable
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-1545 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⊕)1.001.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 268382450

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2085676083618453376

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2085676083618453376

System

Kepler-1545

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.700 R⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.750 M⊕ · percentile 51 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 163.69 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 729.96 pc · percentile 61 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.720 · percentile 94 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
163.692 days
Semi-major axis
0.5442 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 163.69 Earth days (44.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5442 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.114 %

Duration

6.856 h

Impact parameter b

0.028

Rp / R★

0.031197

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,071.7665

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,138 ppm lasting ≈ 6.86 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031197

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

187.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.028

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,071.7665

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.74600

Eq. Temperature

274K

(1 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.720

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-1545

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,201 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.840 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

4.680 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
729.96 parsec
Light-years 2,380.82 ly
V-band magnitude
15.26 mag
Voyager-speed travel 41,985,783 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.616.016.00B15.26V15.03Gaia15.03Kepler14.45TESS15.69Sloan g14.96Sloan r14.75Sloan i14.66Sloan z13.64J13.14H13.14K13.08W113.17W212.28W38.65W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.342 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.652 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

6.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

-5.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.327 · y = -0.592 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.89883° · Dec 47.46307°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.684° · 9.773°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.580° · 65.710°

HTM-20 index

199380938

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