Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-625 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-625, located approximately 2,481.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.62 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 7.752 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0814 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 852 K (579 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,481.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.322
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,754,104 years

1 sibling around Kepler-625

Kepler-625 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-625 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.05 1.16 4.165 1,048 2016
Kepler-625 b this Super-Earth 1.99 4.62 7.752 852 2016

Kepler-625 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.178 R♃
Mass
4.62 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.22 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.322
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

#4of 1176

top 0.3%

This planet

1.99R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-625 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.62317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.221.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00407.830.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137414304

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053177406120368896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053177406120368896

System

Kepler-625

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.990 R⊕ · percentile 98 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.620 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 7.75 d · percentile 56 / cohort 1164
Distance 760.71 pc · percentile 64 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.322 · percentile 42 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.752 days
Semi-major axis
0.0814 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.75 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0814 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.041 %

Duration

3.485 h

Impact parameter b

0.540

Rp / R★

0.018523

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,009.1727

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 406 ppm lasting ≈ 3.48 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.018523

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

16.690

Impact parameter (b)

0.540

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,009.1727

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10700

Eq. Temperature

852K

(579 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

407.83

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.322

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-625

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,789 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.960 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.040 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

0.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
760.71 parsec
Light-years 2,481.09 ly
V-band magnitude
13.40 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,754,104 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 11 bands

11.913.713.40V13.26Gaia13.31Kepler12.83TESS13.75Sloan g13.25Sloan r13.12Sloan i13.08Sloan z12.20J11.94H11.91K

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.286 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.185 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

3.48 mas/yr

PM Declination

-8.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.290 · y = -0.713 · z = 0.638

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.15047° · Dec 39.63753°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.340° · 10.383°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.928° · 60.343°

HTM-20 index

1482959535

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