Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-529 b

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-529, located approximately 2,606.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 1.980 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0309 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,662 K (1389 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,606.01 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.156
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,957,028 years

2 siblings around Kepler-529

Kepler-529 b shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-529 b this Super-Earth 1.86 4.12 1.980 1,662 2016
Kepler-529 c Sub-Neptune 2.00 4.66 12.835 891 2016
Kepler-529 d Sub-Neptune 2.80 8.22 35.866 633 2021

Kepler-529 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.166 R♃
Mass
4.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.013 M♃
Density
3.52 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.156
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

#177of 1176

top 15.0%

This planet

1.86R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-529 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.521.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.001,808.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158108219

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131505514964760832

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131505514964760832

System

Kepler-529

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.860 R⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.120 M⊕ · percentile 77 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 1.98 d · percentile 12 / cohort 1164
Distance 799.01 pc · percentile 67 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.156 · percentile 5 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.980 days
Semi-major axis
0.0309 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
80.89 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.98 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0309 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.027 %

Duration

2.433 h

Impact parameter b

0.766

Rp / R★

0.015484

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,003.1390

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 272 ppm lasting ≈ 2.43 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015484

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.090

Impact parameter (b)

0.766

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,003.1390

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03870

Eq. Temperature

1,662K

(1389 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

1,808.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.156

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-529

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,087 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.140 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.350 dex

Stellar density

1.109 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
799.01 parsec
Light-years 2,606.01 ly
V-band magnitude
13.78 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,957,028 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.114.08B13.78V13.74Gaia13.76Kepler13.34TESS14.11Sloan g13.72Sloan r13.62Sloan i13.59Sloan z12.79J12.47H12.42K12.38W112.43W212.35W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.552 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.371 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.73 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.17 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.184 · y = -0.645 · z = 0.742

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 285.88841° · Dec 47.88036°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.211° · 17.860°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.740° · 69.575°

HTM-20 index

-104798319

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