Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-625 c

A rocky terrestrial 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 1.05 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.16 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.05 g
  • An orbital period of 4.165 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0538 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,048 K (775 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,481.09 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.307
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,754,104 years

1 sibling around Kepler-625

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

Kepler-625 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.05 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.094 R♃
Mass
1.16 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.004 M♃
Density
5.51 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.307
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

#279of 570

top 48.8%

This planet

1.05R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-625 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.0511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.16317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.511.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00932.130.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137414304

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053177406120368896

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053177406120368896

System

Kepler-625

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.050 R⊕ · percentile 50 / cohort 570
Mass 1.160 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.17 d · percentile 46 / cohort 567
Distance 760.71 pc · percentile 82 / cohort 566
ESI 0.307 · percentile 41 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.165 days
Semi-major axis
0.0538 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.83 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.17 Earth days (1.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0538 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

3.290 h

Impact parameter b

0.090

Rp / R★

0.010118

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.0421

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 123 ppm lasting ≈ 3.29 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010118

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.750

Impact parameter (b)

0.090

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.0421

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.07070

Eq. Temperature

1,048K

(775 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

932.13

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.307

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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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