Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016 Habitable Zone

Kepler-705 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-705, located approximately 903.1 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.11 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.10 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 56.056 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2320 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 265 K (-8 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 903.06 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.771
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 15,925,533 years

Kepler-705 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.11 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.188 R♃
Mass
5.10 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.98 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.771
HZ Position Habitable
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2016
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#1806of 1978

top 91.3%

This planet

2.11R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-705 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.10317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.981.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.730.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122066949

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2102244967931917184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2102244967931917184

System

Kepler-705

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.110 R⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.100 M⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 56.06 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 276.88 pc · percentile 33 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.771 · percentile 99 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
56.056 days
Semi-major axis
0.2320 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.99 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 56.06 Earth days (15.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2320 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.185 %

Duration

4.595 h

Impact parameter b

0.018

Rp / R★

0.038247

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,034.1656

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,851 ppm lasting ≈ 4.60 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.038247

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

97.300

Impact parameter (b)

0.018

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,034.1656

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.83800

Eq. Temperature

265K

(-8 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

0.73

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.771

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Within the conservative habitable zone — surface water would be frozen.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-705

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

3,722 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.510 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.530 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.750 dex

Stellar density

4.558 g/cm³

Rotation period

20.09 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
276.88 parsec
Light-years 903.06 ly
V-band magnitude
16.33 mag
Voyager-speed travel 15,925,533 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.517.917.90B16.33V15.85Gaia15.85Kepler14.77TESS17.46Sloan g16.09Sloan r15.16Sloan i14.72Sloan z13.45J12.78H12.54K12.44W112.41W212.49W39.45W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

3.584 mas

Total Proper Motion

21.160 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

10.75 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.249 · y = -0.703 · z = 0.667

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.50856° · Dec 41.81202°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.450° · 13.132°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.264° · 63.016°

HTM-20 index

-1505099466

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