Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-755 c

A super-earth orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-755, located approximately 1,301.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.26 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.13 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.34 g
  • An orbital period of 2.853 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0370 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,016 K (743 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,301.47 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.304
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,951,481 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

1 sibling around Kepler-755

Kepler-755 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-755 b Super-Earth 1.76 3.75 1.269 1,331 2016
Kepler-755 c this Super-Earth 1.26 2.13 2.853 1,016 2016

Kepler-755 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.26 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.112 R♃
Mass
2.13 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.007 M♃
Density
5.85 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.34 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.304
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

#1149of 1176

top 97.6%

This planet

1.26R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-755 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.2611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.13317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.851.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.342.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00302.570.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 239227652

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076782889978499840

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076782889978499840

System

Kepler-755

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.260 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.130 M⊕ · percentile 3 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 2.85 d · percentile 20 / cohort 1164
Distance 399.03 pc · percentile 39 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.304 · percentile 38 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
2.853 days
Semi-major axis
0.0370 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
86.37 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 2.85 Earth days (0.8% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0370 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.028 %

Duration

1.435 h

Impact parameter b

0.820

Rp / R★

0.015337

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.7966

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 277 ppm lasting ≈ 1.44 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015337

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.100

Impact parameter (b)

0.820

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.7966

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09270

Eq. Temperature

1,016K

(743 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

302.57

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.304

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-755

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,043 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.90 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.820 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.580 dex

Stellar density

1.510 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
399.03 parsec
Light-years 1,301.47 ly
V-band magnitude
14.28 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,951,481 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.315.28B14.28V14.02Gaia14.00Kepler13.43TESS14.71Sloan g13.93Sloan r13.70Sloan i13.57Sloan z12.47J11.96H11.88K11.73W111.78W211.28W39.20W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.477 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.256 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-15.46 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.340 · y = -0.672 · z = 0.657

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.86093° · Dec 41.09732°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.353° · 7.901°

Ecliptic λ, β

313.774° · 60.519°

HTM-20 index

-958114171

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