Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-735 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-735, located approximately 2,267.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.95 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.01 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.04 g
  • An orbital period of 11.515 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0965 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 657 K (384 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,266.98 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.361
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 39,978,131 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-735 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.95 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.263 R♃
Mass
9.01 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.028 M♃
Density
1.93 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.04 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.361
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

#557of 1978

top 28.1%

This planet

2.95R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-735 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.9511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.01317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.931.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.042.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0032.680.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 164780824

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2107285644626768640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2107285644626768640

System

Kepler-735

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.950 R⊕ · percentile 71 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.010 M⊕ · percentile 65 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.52 d · percentile 40 / cohort 1946
Distance 695.06 pc · percentile 59 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.361 · percentile 43 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.515 days
Semi-major axis
0.0965 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.52 Earth days (3.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0965 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.143 %

Duration

2.019 h

Impact parameter b

0.244

Rp / R★

0.033984

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,007.8588

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,430 ppm lasting ≈ 2.02 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.033984

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

43.790

Impact parameter (b)

0.244

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,007.8588

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13900

Eq. Temperature

657K

(384 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

32.68

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.361

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. 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-735

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,107 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.800 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.850 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

11.978 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
695.06 parsec
Light-years 2,266.98 ly
V-band magnitude
15.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 39,978,131 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.116.516.49B15.49V15.38Gaia15.39Kepler14.78TESS16.10Sloan g15.30Sloan r15.08Sloan i14.93Sloan z13.94J13.50H13.45K13.33W113.38W212.42W39.08W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.410 mas

Total Proper Motion

25.183 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.54 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.176 · y = -0.670 · z = 0.721

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.68883° · Dec 46.17214°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.227° · 18.016°

Ecliptic λ, β

298.186° · 68.179°

HTM-20 index

-1357367268

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