Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-574 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-574, located approximately 2,227.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.39 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 7.659 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0723 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 858 K (585 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,227.31 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.300
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,278,544 years

Kepler-574 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.39 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.213 R♃
Mass
6.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.020 M♃
Density
2.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.300
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

#1343of 1978

top 67.8%

This planet

2.39R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-574 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00120.470.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 406952542

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2139316308129355520

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2139316308129355520

System

Kepler-574

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.390 R⊕ · percentile 31 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.300 M⊕ · percentile 30 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.66 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1946
Distance 682.90 pc · percentile 58 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.300 · percentile 28 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.659 days
Semi-major axis
0.0723 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.95 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.66 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0723 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

3.058 h

Impact parameter b

0.854

Rp / R★

0.024074

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,006.0390

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 668 ppm lasting ≈ 3.06 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024074

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.687

Impact parameter (b)

0.854

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,006.0390

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10600

Eq. Temperature

858K

(585 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

120.47

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.300

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-574

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,612 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.910 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

2.420 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
682.90 parsec
Light-years 2,227.31 ly
V-band magnitude
14.67 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,278,544 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.715.815.77B14.67V14.54Gaia14.53Kepler14.03TESS15.06Sloan g14.48Sloan r14.30Sloan i14.22Sloan z13.33J12.92H12.92K12.80W112.85W212.55W39.71W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.436 mas

Total Proper Motion

8.593 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

4.77 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.15 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.212 · y = -0.576 · z = 0.790

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.24705° · Dec 52.14911°

Galactic ℓ, b

83.452° · 16.848°

Ecliptic λ, β

314.761° · 72.449°

HTM-20 index

4186393

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