Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-583 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-583, located approximately 2,828.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.28 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.82 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 6.510 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0689 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,017 K (744 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,828.66 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.254
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 49,883,353 years

Kepler-583 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.28 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.203 R♃
Mass
5.82 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.254
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

#1536of 1978

top 77.6%

This planet

2.28R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-583 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.82317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00178.700.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123415040

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2104755256054840192

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2104755256054840192

System

Kepler-583

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.280 R⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.820 M⊕ · percentile 22 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 6.51 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1946
Distance 867.27 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.254 · percentile 17 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.510 days
Semi-major axis
0.0689 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.51 Earth days (1.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0689 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.060 %

Duration

3.330 h

Impact parameter b

0.175

Rp / R★

0.022924

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.9159

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 603 ppm lasting ≈ 3.33 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.022924

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

15.367

Impact parameter (b)

0.175

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.9159

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07940

Eq. Temperature

1,017K

(744 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

178.70

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.254

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-583

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,523 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.910 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

1.526 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
867.27 parsec
Light-years 2,828.66 ly
V-band magnitude
14.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 49,883,353 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.715.67B14.88V14.80Gaia14.83Kepler14.26TESS15.42Sloan g14.75Sloan r14.57Sloan i14.47Sloan z13.53J13.18H13.09K13.06W113.13W212.52W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.124 mas

Total Proper Motion

13.702 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.84 mas/yr

PM Declination

13.68 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.155 · y = -0.723 · z = 0.674

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.11132° · Dec 42.35455°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.783° · 18.409°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.431° · 64.895°

HTM-20 index

-1874181290

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