Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2014

Kepler-169 f

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-169, located approximately 1,325.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.18 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 87.090 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3590 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 321 K (48 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,325.92 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.703
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 23,382,575 years

4 siblings around Kepler-169

Kepler-169 f shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-169 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 1.51 3.251 962 2014
Kepler-169 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.21 1.92 6.195 776 2014
Kepler-169 d Super-Earth 1.25 2.10 8.348 702 2014
Kepler-169 e Sub-Neptune 2.20 5.48 13.767 595 2014
Kepler-169 f this Sub-Neptune 2.58 7.18 87.090 321 2014

Kepler-169 f Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.230 R♃
Mass
7.18 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.023 M♃
Density
2.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.703
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2014
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1057of 1978

top 53.4%

This planet

2.58R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-169 f Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.18317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.440.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 120689253

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103788854053938816

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103788854053938816

System

Kepler-169

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.580 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.180 M⊕ · percentile 43 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 87.09 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1946
Distance 406.53 pc · percentile 42 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.703 · percentile 93 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
87.090 days
Semi-major axis
0.3590 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.15 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 87.09 Earth days (23.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3590 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.117 %

Duration

6.313 h

Impact parameter b

0.560

Rp / R★

0.030396

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,020.3184

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,167 ppm lasting ≈ 6.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030396

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

109.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.560

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,020.3184

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.88300

Eq. Temperature

321K

(48 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.703

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Rowe et al. 2014

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2014-03

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-169

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,997 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.79 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.763 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.825 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.17

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.582 dex

Stellar density

1.980 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
406.53 parsec
Light-years 1,325.92 ly
V-band magnitude
14.42 mag
Voyager-speed travel 23,382,575 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.515.45B14.42V14.16Gaia14.19Kepler13.56TESS14.93Sloan g14.12Sloan r13.88Sloan i13.76Sloan z12.73J12.28H12.19K12.10W112.19W211.81W39.13W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.431 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.727 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.93 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.64 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.208 · y = -0.726 · z = 0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.99992° · Dec 40.91938°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.509° · 15.178°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.161° · 62.858°

HTM-20 index

1728370323

Similar Worlds

Explore Related Categories