Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-758 d

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-758, located approximately 4,899.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 20.497 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1527 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 843 K (570 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,899.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.319
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 86,409,852 years

3 siblings around Kepler-758

Kepler-758 d shares its host star with 3 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-758 c Super-Earth 1.69 3.50 4.758 1,372 2016
Kepler-758 e Super-Earth 1.53 2.96 8.193 1,144 2016
Kepler-758 b Sub-Neptune 2.48 6.71 12.110 1,005 2016
Kepler-758 d this Sub-Neptune 2.12 5.14 20.497 843 2016

Kepler-758 d Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
5.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.319
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

#1782of 1978

top 90.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-758 d Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00173.170.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137968594

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053552270863859712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053552270863859712

System

Kepler-758

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.120 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.140 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 20.50 d · percentile 63 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,502.32 pc · percentile 93 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.319 · percentile 32 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
20.497 days
Semi-major axis
0.1527 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
80.73 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 20.50 Earth days (5.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1527 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.024 %

Duration

6.380 h

Impact parameter b

0.420

Rp / R★

0.013625

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,980.4533

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 243 ppm lasting ≈ 6.38 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013625

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

24.871

Impact parameter (b)

0.420

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,980.4533

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10200

Eq. Temperature

843K

(570 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

173.17

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.319

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

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

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-758

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,228 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.80 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.420 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.160 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.330 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,502.32 parsec
Light-years 4,899.91 ly
V-band magnitude
14.38 mag
Voyager-speed travel 86,409,852 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.915.88B14.38V14.33Gaia14.35Kepler13.95TESS14.65Sloan g14.28Sloan r14.22Sloan i14.20Sloan z13.37J13.15H13.11K13.05W113.09W212.45W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.637 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.786 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.13 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.69 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.295 · y = -0.693 · z = 0.658

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.08461° · Dec 41.13540°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.025° · 10.427°

Ecliptic λ, β

308.290° · 61.541°

HTM-20 index

1755141653

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