Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-603 d

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-603, located approximately 5,021.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.32 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.32 g
  • An orbital period of 6.217 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0712 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,098 K (825 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 5,021.60 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.280
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 88,555,834 years

2 siblings around Kepler-603

Kepler-603 d shares its host star with 2 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-603 d this Super-Earth 1.32 2.30 6.217 1,098 2016
Kepler-603 b Sub-Neptune 2.65 7.51 21.054 731 2016
Kepler-603 c Neptune-like 6.50 34.50 127.908 401 2016

Kepler-603 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.32 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.118 R♃
Mass
2.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.50 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.32 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.280
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

#1049of 1176

top 89.1%

This planet

1.32R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-603 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.3211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.501.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.322.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00497.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 270948636

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077556465126659456

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077556465126659456

System

Kepler-603

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.320 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.300 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 6.22 d · percentile 48 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,539.63 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.280 · percentile 31 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.217 days
Semi-major axis
0.0712 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.14 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 6.22 Earth days (1.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0712 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

3.701 h

Impact parameter b

0.940

Rp / R★

0.012285

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.7216

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 211 ppm lasting ≈ 3.70 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012285

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.570

Impact parameter (b)

0.940

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.7216

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04620

Eq. Temperature

1,098K

(825 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

497.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.280

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-603

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,808 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.430 dex

Stellar density

0.350 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,539.63 parsec
Light-years 5,021.60 ly
V-band magnitude
14.97 mag
Voyager-speed travel 88,555,834 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.715.72B14.97V14.82Gaia14.85Kepler14.32TESS15.35Sloan g14.81Sloan r14.64Sloan i14.56Sloan z13.60J13.28H13.21K13.17W113.23W212.57W39.25W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.623 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.115 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

-2.99 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.304 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.673

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.28097° · Dec 42.29093°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.485° · 10.164°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.910° · 62.324°

HTM-20 index

-809231594

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