Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2021

Kepler-616 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-616, located approximately 3,084.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.65 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.52 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 51.067 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2749 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 499 K (226 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,084.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.486
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 54,398,715 years

2 siblings around Kepler-616

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

Kepler-616 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.65 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.237 R♃
Mass
7.52 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.21 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.486
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2021
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#944of 1978

top 47.7%

This planet

2.65R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-616 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.52317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.211.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0014.690.037

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 2.653 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.520 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 51.07 d · percentile 86 / cohort 1946
Distance 945.78 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.486 · percentile 69 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
51.067 days
Semi-major axis
0.2749 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.66 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 51.07 Earth days (14.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2749 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.069 %

Duration

4.407 h

Impact parameter b

0.465

Rp / R★

0.024575

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.6121

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 692 ppm lasting ≈ 4.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024575

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

36.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.465

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.6121

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29100

Eq. Temperature

499K

(226 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

14.69

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.486

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

Valizadegan et al. 2022

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2022-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-616

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,004 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

0.40 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.977 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.061 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.02

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.484 dex

Stellar density

3.778 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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