Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-580 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-580, located approximately 1,056.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.57 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.08 g
  • An orbital period of 8.222 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0683 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 558 K (285 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,056.42 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.445
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 18,629,896 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-580 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.57 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.229 R♃
Mass
7.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.022 M♃
Density
2.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.08 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.445
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

#1074of 1978

top 54.2%

This planet

2.57R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-580 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.5711.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.082.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0024.060.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 237188565

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2103578400656053632

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2103578400656053632

System

Kepler-580

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.570 R⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.130 M⊕ · percentile 42 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.22 d · percentile 27 / cohort 1946
Distance 323.90 pc · percentile 37 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.445 · percentile 61 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.222 days
Semi-major axis
0.0683 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.39 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.22 Earth days (2.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0683 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.147 %

Duration

2.705 h

Impact parameter b

0.246

Rp / R★

0.037300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.9560

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,469 ppm lasting ≈ 2.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.037300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.280

Impact parameter (b)

0.246

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.9560

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.21100

Eq. Temperature

558K

(285 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

24.06

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.445

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-580

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,298 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.640 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.670 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.660 dex

Stellar density

3.532 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
323.90 parsec
Light-years 1,056.42 ly
V-band magnitude
15.31 mag
Voyager-speed travel 18,629,896 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 17 bands

8.818.618.65U16.62B15.31V14.95Gaia15.00Kepler14.18TESS16.14Sloan g14.92Sloan r14.46Sloan i14.18Sloan z13.09J12.44H12.31K12.23W112.32W212.68W38.84W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.059 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.817 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.88 mas/yr

PM Declination

15.76 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.177 · y = -0.739 · z = 0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.49975° · Dec 40.55281°

Galactic ℓ, b

70.409° · 16.792°

Ecliptic λ, β

292.928° · 62.921°

HTM-20 index

-899582341

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