Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2020

Kepler-647 c

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-647, located approximately 3,548.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.00 Earth radii
  • A mass of 15.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.94 g
  • An orbital period of 29.666 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1829 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 644 K (371 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,548.15 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.324
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 62,571,680 years

1 sibling around Kepler-647

Kepler-647 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-647 b Rocky Terrestrial 1.17 1.71 16.225 788 2016
Kepler-647 c this Neptune-like 4.00 15.10 29.666 644 2020

Kepler-647 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.00 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.357 R♃
Mass
15.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.048 M♃
Density
1.30 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.94 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.324
HZ Position Inner
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2020
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#570of 574

top 99.1%

This planet

4.00R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-647 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.0011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0015.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.301.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.942.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0069.000.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164786172

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106710978002603904

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106710978002603904

System

Kepler-647

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.001 R⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 574
Mass 15.100 M⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 574
Orbital period 29.67 d · percentile 59 / cohort 524
Distance 1,087.87 pc · percentile 77 / cohort 572
ESI 0.324 · percentile 57 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
29.666 days
Semi-major axis
0.1829 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 29.67 Earth days (8.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1829 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

8.412 h

Impact parameter b

0.724

Rp / R★

0.025400

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,022.3702

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 668 ppm lasting ≈ 8.41 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.025400

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.582

Impact parameter (b)

0.724

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,022.3702

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.16800

Eq. Temperature

644K

(371 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

69.00

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.324

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

Armstrong et al. 2021

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2021-07

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-647

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,907 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.75 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.546 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.070 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.41

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.089 dex

Stellar density

0.408 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
1,087.87 parsec
Light-years 3,548.15 ly
V-band magnitude
14.07 mag
Voyager-speed travel 62,571,680 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.214.814.76B14.07V13.93Gaia13.97Kepler13.52TESS14.34Sloan g13.93Sloan r13.80Sloan i13.78Sloan z12.90J12.59H12.61K12.52W112.57W212.38W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.890 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.957 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.83 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.93 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.182 · y = -0.689 · z = 0.702

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.78830° · Dec 44.59162°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.705° · 17.385°

Ecliptic λ, β

297.277° · 66.636°

HTM-20 index

1004515801

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