Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-1628 b

A neptune-like orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1628, located approximately 1,148.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.43 Earth radii
  • A mass of 33.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.82 g
  • An orbital period of 76.378 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2952 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 240 K (-33 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,148.07 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.447
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 20,246,198 years

Kepler-1628 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.43 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.574 R♃
Mass
33.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.106 M♃
Density
0.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.82 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.447
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

#244of 574

top 42.3%

This planet

6.43R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1628 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.4311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0033.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.822.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.790.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123362984

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105245187265625728

System

Kepler-1628

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.430 R⊕ · percentile 57 / cohort 574
Mass 33.800 M⊕ · percentile 55 / cohort 574
Orbital period 76.38 d · percentile 77 / cohort 524
Distance 352.00 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 572
ESI 0.447 · percentile 80 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
76.378 days
Semi-major axis
0.2952 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.71 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 76.38 Earth days (20.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2952 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.100 %

Duration

4.952 h

Impact parameter b

0.607

Rp / R★

0.113193

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,979.3458

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 11,004 ppm lasting ≈ 4.95 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.113193

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

113.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.607

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,979.3458

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.83900

Eq. Temperature

240K

(-33 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.79

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.447

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — 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-1628

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,724 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.13 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.520 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.550 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.740 dex

Stellar density

4.313 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-16.36 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
352.00 parsec
Light-years 1,148.07 ly
V-band magnitude
17.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 20,246,198 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.518.818.83B17.83V16.95Gaia16.60Kepler15.96TESS18.19Sloan g16.80Sloan r15.91Sloan i15.38Sloan z14.13J13.41H13.22K13.15W113.10W212.35W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

12.664 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.20 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.66 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.146 · y = -0.712 · z = 0.687

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.63369° · Dec 43.41155°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.706° · 19.099°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.106° · 66.000°

HTM-20 index

-628803141

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