Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-466 c

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-466, located approximately 1,729.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 3.709 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0466 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,206 K (933 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,729.02 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.252
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 30,491,349 years

1 sibling around Kepler-466

Kepler-466 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-466 c this Super-Earth 1.25 2.10 3.709 1,206 2016
Kepler-466 b Sub-Neptune 2.85 8.50 51.079 503 2016

Kepler-466 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
2.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.91 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.252
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

#1161of 1176

top 98.6%

This planet

1.25R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-466 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.911.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00410.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27644083

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134719834131370496

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2134719834131370496

System

Kepler-466

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.250 R⊕ · percentile 0 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.100 M⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.71 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1164
Distance 530.12 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.252 · percentile 23 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.709 days
Semi-major axis
0.0466 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.71 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0466 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

2.558 h

Impact parameter b

0.595

Rp / R★

0.010549

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.9837

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 131 ppm lasting ≈ 2.56 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010549

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.888

Impact parameter (b)

0.595

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.9837

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08790

Eq. Temperature

1,206K

(933 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

410.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.252

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-466

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,927 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

1.790 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

0.30 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
530.12 parsec
Light-years 1,729.02 ly
V-band magnitude
12.80 mag
Voyager-speed travel 30,491,349 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.413.613.62B12.80V12.76Gaia12.77Kepler12.34TESS13.17Sloan g12.74Sloan r12.60Sloan i12.56Sloan z11.70J11.40H11.37K11.34W111.38W211.41W39.38W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.607 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.332 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.34 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.39 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.287 · y = -0.597 · z = 0.749

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.64866° · Dec 48.49552°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.547° · 12.177°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.900° · 67.628°

HTM-20 index

1720621453

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