Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-605 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-605, located approximately 1,815.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.86 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.57 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.77 g
  • An orbital period of 2.359 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0334 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,278 K (1005 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,815.32 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.236
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 32,013,150 years

1 sibling around Kepler-605

Kepler-605 c 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-605 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.86 0.57 2.359 1,278 2016
Kepler-605 b Super-Earth 1.44 2.67 3.384 1,133 2016

Kepler-605 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.86 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.077 R♃
Mass
0.57 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.002 M♃
Density
4.89 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.77 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.236
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

#444of 570

top 77.7%

This planet

0.86R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-605 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.8611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.57317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.891.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.772.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00513.030.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158423850

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105618029085927680

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105618029085927680

System

Kepler-605

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.860 R⊕ · percentile 21 / cohort 570
Mass 0.566 M⊕ · percentile 17 / cohort 570
Orbital period 2.36 d · percentile 27 / cohort 567
Distance 556.58 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 566
ESI 0.236 · percentile 22 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.359 days
Semi-major axis
0.0334 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.36 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0334 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.009 %

Duration

1.633 h

Impact parameter b

0.385

Rp / R★

0.008961

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.6912

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 94 ppm lasting ≈ 1.63 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.008961

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.110

Impact parameter (b)

0.385

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.6912

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05990

Eq. Temperature

1,278K

(1005 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

513.03

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.236

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-605

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,462 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.520 dex

Stellar density

1.410 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
556.58 parsec
Light-years 1,815.32 ly
V-band magnitude
14.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 32,013,150 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.814.78B14.38V14.14Gaia14.14Kepler13.61TESS14.71Sloan g14.07Sloan r13.90Sloan i13.83Sloan z12.87J12.50H12.42K12.28W112.33W211.98W38.77W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.768 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.898 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-2.67 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.14 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.216 · y = -0.695 · z = 0.686

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.29540° · Dec 43.27987°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.150° · 15.218°

Ecliptic λ, β

300.661° · 64.889°

HTM-20 index

-2142110068

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