Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-616 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-616, located approximately 3,084.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.41 Earth radii
  • A mass of 11.50 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.99 g
  • An orbital period of 90.411 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4024 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 413 K (140 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,084.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.515
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,398,715 years

2 siblings around Kepler-616

Kepler-616 c 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-616 b Sub-Neptune 2.43 6.48 9.998 860 2016
Kepler-616 d Sub-Neptune 2.65 7.52 51.067 499 2021
Kepler-616 c this Sub-Neptune 3.41 11.50 90.411 413 2016

Kepler-616 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.41 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.304 R♃
Mass
11.50 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.036 M♃
Density
1.59 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.99 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.515
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

#213of 1978

top 10.7%

This planet

3.41R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-616 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.4111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0011.50317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.591.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.992.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.860.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271355361

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080484842545877120

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080484842545877120

System

Kepler-616

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.410 R⊕ · percentile 89 / cohort 1978
Mass 11.500 M⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 90.41 d · percentile 93 / cohort 1946
Distance 945.78 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.515 · percentile 72 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
90.411 days
Semi-major axis
0.4024 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.16 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 90.41 Earth days (24.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4024 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.119 %

Duration

6.523 h

Impact parameter b

0.199

Rp / R★

0.031558

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,041.5040

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,187 ppm lasting ≈ 6.52 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.031558

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

107.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.199

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,041.5040

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.42500

Eq. Temperature

413K

(140 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.86

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.515

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-616

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,753 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.970 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.460 dex

Stellar density

2.447 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
945.78 parsec
Light-years 3,084.70 ly
V-band magnitude
15.02 mag
Voyager-speed travel 54,398,715 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.615.415.02V14.95Gaia14.96Kepler14.46TESS15.43Sloan g14.89Sloan r14.75Sloan i14.67Sloan z13.81J13.41H13.45K12.99W113.07W212.50W39.63W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.029 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.478 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.70 mas/yr

PM Declination

-9.32 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.289 · y = -0.620 · z = 0.729

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.98914° · Dec 46.83831°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.834° · 11.811°

Ecliptic λ, β

316.032° · 66.329°

HTM-20 index

-1132860512

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