Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-586 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-586, located approximately 2,262.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 8.20 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 2.105 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0331 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,365 K (1092 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,262.76 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.169
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,903,760 years

Kepler-586 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.249 R♃
Mass
8.20 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.026 M♃
Density
2.07 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.169
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

#754of 1978

top 38.1%

This planet

2.79R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-586 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.008.20317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.071.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00705.050.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275490218

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126537234238972544

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126537234238972544

System

Kepler-586

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.790 R⊕ · percentile 61 / cohort 1978
Mass 8.200 M⊕ · percentile 56 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.10 d · percentile 2 / cohort 1946
Distance 693.77 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.169 · percentile 3 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.105 days
Semi-major axis
0.0331 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.10 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0331 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.091 %

Duration

1.758 h

Impact parameter b

0.800

Rp / R★

0.027768

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.0439

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 906 ppm lasting ≈ 1.76 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.027768

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.407

Impact parameter (b)

0.800

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.0439

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04770

Eq. Temperature

1,365K

(1092 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

705.05

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.169

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-586

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,575 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.920 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.940 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

3.582 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
693.77 parsec
Light-years 2,262.76 ly
V-band magnitude
14.44 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,903,760 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.415.36B14.44V14.41Gaia14.43Kepler13.88TESS14.98Sloan g14.33Sloan r14.19Sloan i14.10Sloan z13.25J12.87H12.74K12.69W112.74W212.51W39.17W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.413 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.195 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-4.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.82 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.274 · y = -0.644 · z = 0.714

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.05720° · Dec 45.55113°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.042° · 12.426°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.754° · 65.681°

HTM-20 index

-1556729904

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