Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-653 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-653, located approximately 1,942.7 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 0.900 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0186 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 2,078 K (1805 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,942.70 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.129
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,259,443 years

1 sibling around Kepler-653

Kepler-653 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-653 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.78 0.40 0.900 2,078 2016
Kepler-653 b Super-Earth 1.95 4.46 14.707 819 2016

Kepler-653 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.070 R♃
Mass
0.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.129
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

#493of 570

top 86.3%

This planet

0.78R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-653 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003,743.280.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 123445166

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2119511080054847616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2119511080054847616

System

Kepler-653

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.780 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 570
Mass 0.399 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 570
Orbital period 0.90 d · percentile 9 / cohort 567
Distance 595.63 pc · percentile 73 / cohort 566
ESI 0.129 · percentile 3 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
0.900 days
Semi-major axis
0.0186 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.04 °

Year Length

A year here lasts roughly 21.6 hours long on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0186 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.004 %

Duration

1.393 h

Impact parameter b

0.750

Rp / R★

0.005833

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.1188

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 41 ppm lasting ≈ 1.39 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.005833

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

4.760

Impact parameter (b)

0.750

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.1188

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03110

Eq. Temperature

2,078K

(1805 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3,743.28

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.129

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-653

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,665 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

7.76 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.190 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.020 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.23

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.290 dex

Stellar density

0.630 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
595.63 parsec
Light-years 1,942.70 ly
V-band magnitude
13.50 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,259,443 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.614.714.68B13.50V13.35Gaia13.39Kepler12.86TESS13.87Sloan g13.33Sloan r13.18Sloan i13.11Sloan z12.19J11.87H11.79K11.77W111.83W212.13W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.650 mas

Total Proper Motion

16.337 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.58 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.38 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.145 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.728

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 282.21304° · Dec 46.71779°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.158° · 19.806°

Ecliptic λ, β

294.032° · 69.140°

HTM-20 index

1856733957

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