Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-610 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-610, located approximately 2,758.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 16.30 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.93 g
  • An orbital period of 6.997 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0719 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 888 K (615 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,758.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.229
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,649,773 years

1 sibling around Kepler-610

Kepler-610 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-610 b this Neptune-like 4.19 16.30 6.997 888 2016
Kepler-610 c Sub-Neptune 3.30 10.90 151.864 318 2016

Kepler-610 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.374 R♃
Mass
16.30 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.051 M♃
Density
1.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.93 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.229
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

#520of 574

top 90.4%

This planet

4.19R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-610 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0016.30317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.932.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00139.070.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275491028

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126509364192049152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126509368492076928

System

Kepler-610

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.190 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 574
Mass 16.300 M⊕ · percentile 14 / cohort 574
Orbital period 7.00 d · percentile 28 / cohort 524
Distance 845.82 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 572
ESI 0.229 · percentile 35 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
6.997 days
Semi-major axis
0.0719 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.94 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.00 Earth days (1.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0719 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.138 %

Duration

2.738 h

Impact parameter b

0.023

Rp / R★

0.033686

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,008.9142

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,382 ppm lasting ≈ 2.74 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033686

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.173

Impact parameter (b)

0.023

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,008.9142

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08500

Eq. Temperature

888K

(615 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

139.07

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.229

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-610

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,943 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.130 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.100 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.370 dex

Stellar density

1.523 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
845.82 parsec
Light-years 2,758.71 ly
V-band magnitude
14.82 mag
Voyager-speed travel 48,649,773 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.815.76B14.82V14.77Gaia14.81Kepler14.27TESS15.33Sloan g14.75Sloan r14.58Sloan i14.52Sloan z13.60J13.31H13.27K13.13W113.13W212.72W39.15W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.154 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.109 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.278 · y = -0.649 · z = 0.708

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.17132° · Dec 45.06559°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.633° · 12.139°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.494° · 65.201°

HTM-20 index

-1839217744

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