Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-524 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-524, located approximately 3,451.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.91 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.31 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 7.974 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0796 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 974 K (701 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,451.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.284
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 60,867,433 years

1 sibling around Kepler-524

Kepler-524 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-524 c Rocky Terrestrial 0.96 0.84 1.889 1,574 2016
Kepler-524 b this Super-Earth 1.91 4.31 7.974 974 2016

Kepler-524 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.91 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.170 R♃
Mass
4.31 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.40 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.284
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

#114of 1176

top 9.6%

This planet

1.91R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-524 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.31317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.401.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00434.240.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27914389

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086827237930612096

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086827237930612096

System

Kepler-524

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.910 R⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.310 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.97 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,058.24 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.284 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.974 days
Semi-major axis
0.0796 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.36 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.97 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0795 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.029 %

Duration

5.361 h

Impact parameter b

0.796

Rp / R★

0.015801

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,007.5283

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 293 ppm lasting ≈ 5.36 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015801

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.551

Impact parameter (b)

0.796

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,007.5283

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07520

Eq. Temperature

974K

(701 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

434.24

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.284

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

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-524

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,014 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.100 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.090 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

0.280 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,058.24 parsec
Light-years 3,451.51 ly
V-band magnitude
14.08 mag
Voyager-speed travel 60,867,433 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.414.914.85B14.08V13.89Gaia13.93Kepler13.42TESS14.39Sloan g13.87Sloan r13.73Sloan i13.64Sloan z12.73J12.46H12.38K12.34W112.36W212.22W39.38W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.916 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.625 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.03 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.00 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.295 · y = -0.583 · z = 0.757

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.85918° · Dec 49.16201°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.529° · 11.782°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.581° · 67.848°

HTM-20 index

1940238302

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