Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-675 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-675, located approximately 2,171.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.44 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.53 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.10 g
  • An orbital period of 2.337 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0325 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,070 K (797 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,171.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.234
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 38,288,321 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-675 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.44 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.218 R♃
Mass
6.53 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.021 M♃
Density
2.47 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.10 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.234
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

#1269of 1978

top 64.1%

This planet

2.44R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-675 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.4411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.53317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.471.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.102.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00308.550.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 27006665

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2135124213891990912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2135124213891990912

System

Kepler-675

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.440 R⊕ · percentile 36 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.530 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 2.34 d · percentile 3 / cohort 1946
Distance 665.68 pc · percentile 57 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.234 · percentile 13 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.337 days
Semi-major axis
0.0325 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.19 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.34 Earth days (0.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0325 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.097 %

Duration

2.014 h

Impact parameter b

0.494

Rp / R★

0.029935

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,004.7618

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 971 ppm lasting ≈ 2.01 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029935

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

8.860

Impact parameter (b)

0.494

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,004.7618

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.04880

Eq. Temperature

1,070K

(797 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

308.55

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.234

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-675

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,945 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.68 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.750 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.790 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.05

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.600 dex

Stellar density

1.805 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
665.68 parsec
Light-years 2,171.16 ly
V-band magnitude
15.61 mag
Voyager-speed travel 38,288,321 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.616.56B15.61V15.34Gaia15.33Kepler14.71TESS16.11Sloan g15.28Sloan r15.00Sloan i14.88Sloan z13.81J13.30H13.20K13.22W113.31W212.66W39.44W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.474 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.287 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

14.40 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.13 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.258 · y = -0.585 · z = 0.769

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.83345° · Dec 50.23035°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.597° · 14.011°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.195° · 69.711°

HTM-20 index

521519162

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