Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-430 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-430, located approximately 2,992.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 35.968 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2244 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 667 K (394 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,992.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.342
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,771,082 years

1 sibling around Kepler-430

Kepler-430 b 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-430 b this Sub-Neptune 3.25 10.60 35.968 667 2015
Kepler-430 c Super-Earth 1.75 3.71 110.979 458 2015

Kepler-430 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.290 R♃
Mass
10.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.342
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#312of 1978

top 15.7%

This planet

3.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-430 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0040.840.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26748113

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129833810615727488

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129833810615727488

System

Kepler-430

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.250 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.600 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 35.97 d · percentile 78 / cohort 1946
Distance 917.48 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.342 · percentile 39 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
35.968 days
Semi-major axis
0.2244 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.97 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 35.97 Earth days (9.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2244 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.839 h

Impact parameter b

0.954

Rp / R★

0.020030

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.6689

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 270 ppm lasting ≈ 2.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.020030

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

102.460

Impact parameter (b)

0.954

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.6689

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24500

Eq. Temperature

667K

(394 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

40.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.342

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

Everett et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-430

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,884 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.485 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.166 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.20

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.150 dex

Stellar density

0.480 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
917.48 parsec
Light-years 2,992.41 ly
V-band magnitude
13.91 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,771,082 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.814.614.64B13.91V13.81Gaia13.85Kepler13.38TESS14.23Sloan g13.80Sloan r13.68Sloan i13.63Sloan z12.74J12.49H12.39K12.42W112.43W212.80W39.80W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.061 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.761 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.80 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.251 · y = -0.598 · z = 0.761

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.80860° · Dec 49.57942°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.698° · 14.326°

Ecliptic λ, β

315.666° · 69.428°

HTM-20 index

782993170

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