Artist impression of Kepler-533 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-533 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-533, located approximately 988.1 light-years from Earth.

Image: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.38 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 28.511 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1670 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 423 K (150 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 988.11 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.508
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 17,425,247 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Context from the literature

The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type. As of June 16 2023, the Kepler space telescope and its follow-up observations have detected 2,778 planets, including hot Jupiters, super-Earths, circumbinary planets, and planets located in the circumstellar habitable zones of their host stars. Kepler has detected over 3,601 unconfirmed planet candidates and 2,165 eclipsing binary stars.

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Kepler-533 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.38 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.302 R♃
Mass
11.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.036 M♃
Density
1.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.508
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

#230of 1978

top 11.6%

This planet

3.38R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-533 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.770.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 26962715

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2128970419109836160

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2128970419109836160

System

Kepler-533

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.380 R⊕ · percentile 88 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.400 M⊕ · percentile 82 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 28.51 d · percentile 72 / cohort 1946
Distance 302.96 pc · percentile 35 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.508 · percentile 71 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
28.511 days
Semi-major axis
0.1670 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.68 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 28.51 Earth days (7.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1670 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.190 %

Duration

4.578 h

Impact parameter b

0.650

Rp / R★

0.043176

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,020.3635

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,897 ppm lasting ≈ 4.58 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.043176

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

40.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.650

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,020.3635

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.55100

Eq. Temperature

423K

(150 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.77

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.508

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-533

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,758 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.24 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.780 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.610 dex

Stellar density

2.090 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
302.96 parsec
Light-years 988.11 ly
V-band magnitude
14.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 17,425,247 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.815.415.42B14.13V13.92Gaia13.93Kepler13.26TESS14.81Sloan g13.87Sloan r13.56Sloan i13.39Sloan z12.34J11.78H11.68K11.63W111.69W211.55W39.75W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.272 mas

Total Proper Motion

31.000 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-7.30 mas/yr

PM Declination

-30.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.264 · y = -0.603 · z = 0.753

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.68569° · Dec 48.82499°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.252° · 13.483°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.182° · 68.499°

HTM-20 index

-794658032

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