Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2015

Kepler-432 c

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 13.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 772.33 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 4.37 g
  • An orbital period of 406.200 days
  • Distance from Earth 2,765.88 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.380
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,776,254 years

1 sibling around Kepler-432

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

Kepler-432 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
13.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
1.180 R♃
Mass
772.33 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
2.430 M♃
Density
1.80 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
4.37 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.380
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2015
Method Radial Velocity
Facility Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory
Telescope 1.5 m Tillinghast Reflector Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#793of 1771

top 44.7%

This planet

13.30R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-432 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0013.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.00772.33317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.801.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.004.372.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Minimum mass (M sin i) 772.327 M⊕ Lower bound from radial-velocity fitting.

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 13.300 R⊕ · percentile 53 / cohort 1771
Mass 772.327 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 406.20 d · percentile 64 / cohort 1533
Distance 848.02 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.380 · percentile 79 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
406.200 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.498
Inclination
°

Year Length

A year here lasts about 1.11 Earth years on a highly eccentric trajectory.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.380

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Quinn et al. 2015

Instrument

TRES Echelle Spectrograph

Publication

2015-04

Observation locale

Ground

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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