Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-610 c

A sub-neptune 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 3.30 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.00 g
  • An orbital period of 151.864 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5594 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 318 K (45 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,758.71 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.641
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 48,649,773 years

1 sibling around Kepler-610

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

Kepler-610 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.30 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.294 R♃
Mass
10.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.034 M♃
Density
1.67 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.00 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.641
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

#280of 1978

top 14.1%

This planet

3.30R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-610 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.3011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.671.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.002.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.002.300.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275491028

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126509364192049152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126509368492076928

System

Kepler-610

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.300 R⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.900 M⊕ · percentile 79 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 151.86 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 845.82 pc · percentile 69 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.641 · percentile 87 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
151.864 days
Semi-major axis
0.5594 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 151.86 Earth days (41.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5594 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.084 %

Duration

8.622 h

Impact parameter b

0.016

Rp / R★

0.026961

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,976.3152

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 841 ppm lasting ≈ 8.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.026961

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

138.600

Impact parameter (b)

0.016

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,976.3152

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.66100

Eq. Temperature

318K

(45 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

2.30

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.641

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

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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