Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-534 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-534, located approximately 1,861.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.24 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.65 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.13 g
  • An orbital period of 15.960 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1272 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 721 K (448 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,861.24 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.366
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,822,940 years

1 sibling around Kepler-534

Kepler-534 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-534 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.23 2.02 7.379 933 2021
Kepler-534 b this Sub-Neptune 2.24 5.65 15.960 721 2016

Kepler-534 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.24 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.200 R♃
Mass
5.65 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.76 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.13 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.366
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

#1607of 1978

top 81.2%

This planet

2.24R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-534 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.65317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.761.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.132.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0063.950.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27847148

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2134886100904948608

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2134886100904948608

System

Kepler-534

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.240 R⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.650 M⊕ · percentile 18 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 15.96 d · percentile 53 / cohort 1946
Distance 570.66 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.366 · percentile 45 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.960 days
Semi-major axis
0.1272 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.78 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.96 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1272 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.054 %

Duration

4.365 h

Impact parameter b

0.081

Rp / R★

0.021262

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.5220

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 544 ppm lasting ≈ 4.37 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.021262

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

28.440

Impact parameter (b)

0.081

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.5220

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.22300

Eq. Temperature

721K

(448 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

63.95

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.366

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-534

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,884 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.58 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.050 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.480 dex

Stellar density

1.708 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
570.66 parsec
Light-years 1,861.24 ly
V-band magnitude
13.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,822,940 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.113.913.87B13.39V13.23Gaia13.24Kepler12.79TESS13.65Sloan g13.22Sloan r13.06Sloan i13.00Sloan z12.06J11.78H11.71K11.13W111.22W211.32W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.724 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.905 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.79 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.289 · y = -0.581 · z = 0.761

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.41857° · Dec 49.54015°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.734° · 12.213°

Ecliptic λ, β

321.389° · 68.317°

HTM-20 index

1751508857

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