Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-1641 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-1641, located approximately 2,806.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 32.657 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2065 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 767 K (494 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,806.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.310
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,486,424 years

1 sibling around Kepler-1641

Kepler-1641 c 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-1641 b Sub-Neptune 3.11 9.85 19.672 908 2016
Kepler-1641 c this Sub-Neptune 2.95 9.01 32.657 767 2016

Kepler-1641 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.263 R♃
Mass
9.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.310
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

#557of 1978

top 28.1%

This planet

2.95R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-1641 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0042.150.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184426431

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077041103410971392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077041103410971392

System

Kepler-1641

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.950 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.010 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 32.66 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1946
Distance 860.37 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.310 · percentile 31 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
32.657 days
Semi-major axis
0.2065 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 32.66 Earth days (8.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2065 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.062 %

Duration

5.982 h

Impact parameter b

0.007

Rp / R★

0.023309

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,985.8750

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 620 ppm lasting ≈ 5.98 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023309

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

42.870

Impact parameter (b)

0.007

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,985.8750

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24000

Eq. Temperature

767K

(494 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

42.15

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.310

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-1641

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,152 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.120 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.340 dex

Stellar density

1.398 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
860.37 parsec
Light-years 2,806.15 ly
V-band magnitude
14.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,486,424 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.115.13B14.49V14.22Gaia14.26Kepler13.78TESS14.68Sloan g14.26Sloan r14.08Sloan i14.06Sloan z13.16J12.86H12.74K12.80W112.90W212.50W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.134 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.120 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.97 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.94 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.332 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.664

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.35946° · Dec 41.57453°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.588° · 8.462°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.413° · 61.101°

HTM-20 index

-1045181164

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