Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1610 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-1610, located approximately 2,819.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.61 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.22 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.24 g
  • An orbital period of 8.702 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0777 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 750 K (477 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,819.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.395
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,714,251 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1610

Kepler-1610 b shares its host star with 1 other confirmed planet. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-1610 b this Super-Earth 1.61 3.22 8.702 750 2016
Kepler-1610 c Sub-Neptune 2.09 5.02 44.985 433 2023

Kepler-1610 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.61 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.144 R♃
Mass
3.22 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.24 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.24 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.395
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

#550of 1176

top 46.7%

This planet

1.61R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1610 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.6111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.22317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.241.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.242.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0056.210.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272073436

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2079807646464016256

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2079807646464016256

System

Kepler-1610

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.610 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.220 M⊕ · percentile 47 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.70 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1164
Distance 864.33 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.395 · percentile 59 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.702 days
Semi-major axis
0.0777 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.88 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.70 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0777 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

3.019 h

Impact parameter b

0.045

Rp / R★

0.016618

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.2437

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 304 ppm lasting ≈ 3.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016618

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

22.140

Impact parameter (b)

0.045

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.2437

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08990

Eq. Temperature

750K

(477 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

56.21

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.395

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-1610

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,383 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.870 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

2.711 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
864.33 parsec
Light-years 2,819.07 ly
V-band magnitude
16.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,714,251 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.017.02B16.08V15.81Gaia15.85Kepler15.22TESS16.55Sloan g15.79Sloan r15.55Sloan i15.40Sloan z14.31J13.91H13.91K13.82W113.88W212.87W39.52W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.129 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.663 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.41 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.307 · y = -0.632 · z = 0.712

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.90498° · Dec 45.40543°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.841° · 10.583°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.999° · 64.762°

HTM-20 index

-2026207106

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