Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-758 e

A super-earth 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 1.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 8.193 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0829 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,144 K (871 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,899.91 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.256
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 86,409,852 years

3 siblings around Kepler-758

Kepler-758 e 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 this 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 Sub-Neptune 2.12 5.14 20.497 843 2016

Kepler-758 e Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
2.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.256
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

#687of 1176

top 58.3%

This planet

1.53R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-758 e Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00588.400.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137968594

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2053552270863859712

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2053552270863859712

System

Kepler-758

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.530 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.960 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 8.19 d · percentile 58 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,502.32 pc · percentile 95 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.256 · percentile 25 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.193 days
Semi-major axis
0.0829 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
83.51 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.19 Earth days (2.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0829 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.012 %

Duration

5.047 h

Impact parameter b

0.500

Rp / R★

0.009994

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.9921

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 115 ppm lasting ≈ 5.05 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.009994

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

11.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.500

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.9921

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05520

Eq. Temperature

1,144K

(871 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

588.40

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.256

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

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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