Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-432 b

A gas giant orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-432, located approximately 2,765.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 12.83 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1,719.46 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 10.44 g
  • An orbital period of 52.501 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3010 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 812 K (539 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,765.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.217
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,776,254 years

1 sibling around Kepler-432

Kepler-432 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-432 b this Gas Giant 12.83 1,719.46 52.501 812 2015
Kepler-432 c Gas Giant 13.30 772.33 406.200 2015

Kepler-432 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
12.83 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.145 R♃
Mass
1,719.46 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
5.410 M♃
Density
4.46 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
10.44 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.217
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

#1056of 1771

top 59.6%

This planet

12.83R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-432 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0012.8311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001,719.46317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.461.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.0010.442.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0097.850.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 1,719.460 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26817004

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128901871432519936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128901871432519936

System

Kepler-432

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 12.834 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1771
Mass 1,719.460 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 52.50 d · percentile 51 / cohort 1533
Distance 848.02 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.217 · percentile 41 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
52.501 days
Semi-major axis
0.3010 AU
Eccentricity
0.513
Inclination
88.17 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 52.50 Earth days (14.4% of a terrestrial year) on a highly eccentric trajectory at a mean orbital distance of 0.3010 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.095 %

Duration

14.907 h

Impact parameter b

0.503

Rp / R★

0.029140

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,949.5374

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 947 ppm lasting ≈ 14.91 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029140

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.689

Impact parameter (b)

0.503

RV semi-amplitude (K)

286.800 m/s

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,949.5374

Long. of periastron (ω)

64.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.35500

Eq. Temperature

812K

(539 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

97.85

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.217

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Radial velocity

Stellar wobble has been measured spectroscopically.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Ciceri et al. 2015

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2015-01

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-432

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,995 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.20 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

4.060 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.320 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

3.345 dex

Stellar density

0.028 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-35.22 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.70 km/s

Rotation period

77.00 days

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
848.02 parsec
Light-years 2,765.88 ly
V-band magnitude
12.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,776,254 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.613.513.49B12.40V12.18Gaia12.18Kepler11.58TESS12.90Sloan g12.14Sloan r11.88Sloan i11.73Sloan z10.68J10.22H10.12K10.05W110.12W210.01W39.58W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.151 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.088 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.53 mas/yr

PM Declination

10.12 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.263 · y = -0.611 · z = 0.746

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.28223° · Dec 48.28592°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.633° · 13.488°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.904° · 68.127°

HTM-20 index

-580283222

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