Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-482 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-482, located approximately 1,021.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.36 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.17 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 56.354 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2579 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 352 K (79 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,021.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.678
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,006,922 years

Kepler-482 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.36 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.211 R♃
Mass
6.17 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.58 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.678
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

#1395of 1978

top 70.5%

This planet

2.36R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-482 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.17317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.581.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.440.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27987264

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086629463276947456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086629463276947456

System

Kepler-482

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.360 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.170 M⊕ · percentile 28 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 56.35 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 313.07 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.678 · percentile 90 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
56.354 days
Semi-major axis
0.2579 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 56.35 Earth days (15.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2579 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.104 %

Duration

3.290 h

Impact parameter b

0.029

Rp / R★

0.030152

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,977.8364

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,037 ppm lasting ≈ 3.29 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030152

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

133.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.029

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,977.8364

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.82400

Eq. Temperature

352K

(79 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.44

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.678

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-482

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,871 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

6.03 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.750 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.13

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

1.800 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-99.51 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

2.60 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
313.07 parsec
Light-years 1,021.09 ly
V-band magnitude
14.05 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,006,922 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.014.96B14.05V13.76Gaia13.78Kepler13.13TESS14.55Sloan g13.72Sloan r13.45Sloan i13.23Sloan z12.17J11.66H11.54K11.50W111.56W211.61W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.165 mas

Total Proper Motion

50.074 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

12.14 mas/yr

PM Declination

48.58 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.301 · y = -0.596 · z = 0.744

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.82293° · Dec 48.10776°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.569° · 11.305°

Ecliptic λ, β

320.244° · 66.927°

HTM-20 index

1968857794

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