Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-198 d

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-198, located approximately 1,615.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 1.312 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0234 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,562 K (1289 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,615.64 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.179
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 28,491,807 years

2 siblings around Kepler-198

Kepler-198 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-198 d this Super-Earth 1.53 2.96 1.312 1,562 2016
Kepler-198 b Sub-Neptune 2.82 8.35 17.790 655 2014
Kepler-198 c Sub-Neptune 2.47 6.66 49.567 465 2014

Kepler-198 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
2.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.179
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

#687of 1176

top 58.3%

This planet

1.53R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-198 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,444.520.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122519154

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2052852912747829760

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2052852912747829760

System

Kepler-198

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.530 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.960 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.31 d · percentile 8 / cohort 1164
Distance 495.36 pc · percentile 47 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.179 · percentile 8 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.312 days
Semi-major axis
0.0234 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.31 Earth days (0.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0234 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.026 %

Duration

1.773 h

Impact parameter b

0.380

Rp / R★

0.014782

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.1092

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 263 ppm lasting ≈ 1.77 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.014782

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.725

Impact parameter (b)

0.380

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.1092

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04730

Eq. Temperature

1,562K

(1289 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,444.52

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.179

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-198

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,636 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.970 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.370 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
495.36 parsec
Light-years 1,615.64 ly
V-band magnitude
13.68 mag
Voyager-speed travel 28,491,807 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

9.316.115.52U15.11B13.68V13.57Gaia13.60Kepler13.09TESS14.03Sloan g13.51Sloan r16.10Sloan i13.30Sloan z12.42J12.07H12.03K12.00W112.04W211.97W39.26W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.990 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.583 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.68 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.96 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.276 · y = -0.730 · z = 0.625

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.67313° · Dec 38.69100°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.959° · 10.988°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.180° · 59.771°

HTM-20 index

1935567964

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