Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1630 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-1630, located approximately 1,080.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.43 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 509.997 days
  • Semi-major axis 1.1218 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 182 K (-91 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,080.27 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.565
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 19,050,579 years

Kepler-1630 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.195 R♃
Mass
5.43 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.017 M♃
Density
2.84 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.565
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

#1691of 1978

top 85.4%

This planet

2.19R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

TOI-880.02 2.19 R⊕ Kepler-174 d 2.19 R⊕ K2-146 c 2.19 R⊕
Metric Earth Kepler-1630 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.43317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.841.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.260.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 273237673

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2078840900864235136

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2078840900864235136

System

Kepler-1630

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.190 R⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.430 M⊕ · percentile 15 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 510.00 d · percentile 100 / cohort 1946
Distance 331.21 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.565 · percentile 78 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
509.997 days
Semi-major axis
1.1218 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.40 Earth years on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 1.1218 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.127 %

Duration

8.481 h

Impact parameter b

0.025

Rp / R★

0.031704

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,109.7312

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,267 ppm lasting ≈ 8.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031704

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

473.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.025

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,109.7312

Angular separation (arcsec)

3.39000

Eq. Temperature

182K

(-91 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.26

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.565

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

Discovery cohort

Planets confirmed in 2016 at Kepler (12 shown).

Kepler-1512 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1410 b · Super-Earth Kepler-560 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1389 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1450 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1544 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1459 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1638 b · Super-Earth Kepler-737 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1185 b · Super-Earth Kepler-1178 b · Rocky Terrestrial Kepler-1040 b · Sub-Neptune

Host System: Kepler-1630

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,736 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.01 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.630 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.660 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.46

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.660 dex

Stellar density

7.736 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
331.21 parsec
Light-years 1,080.27 ly
V-band magnitude
14.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 19,050,579 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.415.42B14.28V14.20Gaia14.15Kepler13.54TESS14.84Sloan g14.05Sloan r13.85Sloan i13.48Sloan z12.50J11.84H11.80K11.64W111.71W211.61W39.55W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.990 mas

Total Proper Motion

26.532 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

25.86 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.334 · y = -0.641 · z = 0.691

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 297.50830° · Dec 43.71105°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.892° · 8.766°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.812° · 62.750°

HTM-20 index

2036126112

Similar Worlds

TOI-880.02

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.19 R⊕ · 197.9 ly

Kepler-1042 b

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.19 R⊕ · 2,149.4 ly

Kepler-174 d

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.19 R⊕ · 1,254.9 ly

K2-254 c

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.19 R⊕ · 742.9 ly

K2-247 c

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.19 R⊕ · 841.9 ly

Kepler-57 c

Sub-Neptune · K-type orange

Radius 2.20 R⊕ · 2,100.9 ly

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