Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-598 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-598, located approximately 2,221.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.50 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.27 g
  • An orbital period of 3.702 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0449 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,050 K (777 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,221.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.283
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,174,437 years

1 sibling around Kepler-598

Kepler-598 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-598 b this Super-Earth 1.50 2.86 3.702 1,050 2016
Kepler-598 c Sub-Neptune 3.02 9.40 86.495 367 2020

Kepler-598 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.50 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.134 R♃
Mass
2.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.66 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.27 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.283
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

#748of 1176

top 63.5%

This planet

1.50R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-598 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.661.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.272.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00265.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137969066

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053546910744629504

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053546910744629504

System

Kepler-598

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.500 R⊕ · percentile 35 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.860 M⊕ · percentile 33 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.70 d · percentile 28 / cohort 1164
Distance 681.09 pc · percentile 60 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.283 · percentile 32 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.702 days
Semi-major axis
0.0449 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
84.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.70 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0449 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.030 %

Duration

2.626 h

Impact parameter b

0.257

Rp / R★

0.015645

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,005.4504

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 299 ppm lasting ≈ 2.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015645

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.210

Impact parameter (b)

0.257

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,005.4504

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06590

Eq. Temperature

1,050K

(777 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

265.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.283

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-598

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,307 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.59 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.860 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.870 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.500 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
681.09 parsec
Light-years 2,221.40 ly
V-band magnitude
14.83 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,174,437 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.715.69B14.83V14.72Gaia14.76Kepler14.18TESS15.37Sloan g14.69Sloan r14.50Sloan i14.40Sloan z13.41J12.98H12.93K12.90W112.97W212.97W39.28W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.440 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.235 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.57 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.29 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.297 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.655

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.12345° · Dec 40.93480°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.857° · 10.309°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.211° · 61.342°

HTM-20 index

1938677140

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