Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2018

Kepler-411 e

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-411, located approximately 501.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 31.510 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1860 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 503 K (230 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 501.22 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.443
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 8,839,076 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

3 siblings around Kepler-411

Kepler-411 e shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-411 b Sub-Neptune 2.40 25.60 3.005 1,138 2013
Kepler-411 c Neptune-like 4.42 26.40 7.834 838 2016
Kepler-411 e this Sub-Neptune 3.28 10.80 31.510 503 2018
Kepler-411 d Sub-Neptune 3.32 15.20 58.020 410 2018

Kepler-411 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.293 R♃
Mass
10.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.68 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.443
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2018
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#291of 1978

top 14.7%

This planet

3.28R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-411 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.681.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 10.800 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 399954349

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2132768952604988672

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2132768956905956352

System

Kepler-411

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.280 R⊕ · percentile 85 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.800 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 31.51 d · percentile 75 / cohort 1946
Distance 153.68 pc · percentile 25 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.443 · percentile 61 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
31.510 days
Semi-major axis
0.1860 AU
Eccentricity
0.016
Inclination
88.04 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 31.51 Earth days (8.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1860 AU.

Eq. Temperature

503K

(230 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.443

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Sun et al. 2019

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2019-04

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-411

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,974 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.21 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

1.940 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-20.69 km/s

Rotation period

10.40 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
153.68 parsec
Light-years 501.22 ly
V-band magnitude
12.45 mag
Voyager-speed travel 8,839,076 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.714.75B12.45V12.23Gaia12.23Kepler11.61TESS13.04Sloan g12.16Sloan r11.88Sloan i11.74Sloan z10.64J10.16H10.06K9.92W19.95W29.88W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

6.478 mas

Total Proper Motion

35.294 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

13.52 mas/yr

PM Declination

32.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.196 · y = -0.619 · z = 0.761

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.60570° · Dec 49.52339°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.249° · 17.401°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.521° · 70.738°

HTM-20 index

719364788

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