Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-725 b

A gas giant orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-725, located approximately 2,473.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 10.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 81.60 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.70 g
  • An orbital period of 39.644 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2238 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 514 K (241 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,473.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.249
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 43,625,322 years

1 sibling around Kepler-725

Kepler-725 b 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-725 b this Gas Giant 10.80 81.60 39.644 514 2016
Kepler-725 c Sub-Neptune 3.08 9.70 207.541 268 2025

Kepler-725 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
10.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.964 R♃
Mass
81.60 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.257 M♃
Density
0.36 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.70 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Gas Giant

ESI Score 0.249
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

#1686of 1771

top 95.1%

This planet

10.80R⊕

Gas Giant median

13.52R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-725 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.0010.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0081.60317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.361.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.702.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0012.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164652841

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106775024555031936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106775024555031936

System

Kepler-725

Percentile among Gas Giant cohort

Radius 10.800 R⊕ · percentile 5 / cohort 1771
Mass 81.600 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1747
Orbital period 39.64 d · percentile 50 / cohort 1533
Distance 758.47 pc · percentile 83 / cohort 1759
ESI 0.249 · percentile 44 / cohort 1771

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
39.644 days
Semi-major axis
0.2238 AU
Eccentricity
0.231
Inclination
89.80 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 39.64 Earth days (10.9% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path at a mean orbital distance of 0.2238 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

1.266 %

Duration

6.504 h

Impact parameter b

0.140

Rp / R★

0.111685

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,039.5974

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 12,660 ppm lasting ≈ 6.50 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.111685

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

54.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.140

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,039.5974

Long. of periastron (ω)

-90.10°

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29500

Eq. Temperature

514K

(241 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

12.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.249

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-725

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,395 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.60 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.880 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.974 g/cm³

Rotation period

17.46 days

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
758.47 parsec
Light-years 2,473.79 ly
V-band magnitude
15.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 43,625,322 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.516.116.14B15.15V14.99Gaia15.01Kepler14.46TESS15.58Sloan g14.93Sloan r14.77Sloan i14.63Sloan z13.69J13.28H13.22K13.21W113.21W212.83W39.49W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.290 mas

Total Proper Motion

5.046 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.62 mas/yr

PM Declination

5.01 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.171 · y = -0.688 · z = 0.705

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 283.97749° · Dec 44.81156°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.704° · 18.002°

Ecliptic λ, β

296.000° · 66.993°

HTM-20 index

471983937

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