Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-760 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-760, located approximately 2,584.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.06 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.59 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.02 g
  • An orbital period of 8.704 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0809 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 748 K (475 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,584.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.313
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 45,573,271 years

1 sibling around Kepler-760

Kepler-760 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-760 c Super-Earth 1.48 2.79 2.467 1,139 2016
Kepler-760 b this Sub-Neptune 3.06 9.59 8.704 748 2016

Kepler-760 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.06 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.273 R♃
Mass
9.59 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.030 M♃
Density
1.84 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.02 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.313
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

#466of 1978

top 23.5%

This planet

3.06R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-760 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.59317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.841.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.022.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0084.410.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158494681

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2106043093408840960

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2106043093408840960

System

Kepler-760

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.060 R⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.590 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 8.70 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1946
Distance 792.34 pc · percentile 65 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.313 · percentile 31 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
8.704 days
Semi-major axis
0.0809 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.60 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 8.70 Earth days (2.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0809 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.107 %

Duration

2.974 h

Impact parameter b

0.500

Rp / R★

0.032865

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,190.5601

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,075 ppm lasting ≈ 2.97 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.032865

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

20.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.500

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,190.5601

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.10200

Eq. Temperature

748K

(475 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

84.41

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.313

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-760

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,322 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.480 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
792.34 parsec
Light-years 2,584.25 ly
V-band magnitude
15.18 mag
Voyager-speed travel 45,573,271 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.415.915.93B15.18V15.07Gaia15.07Kepler14.51TESS15.75Sloan g15.01Sloan r14.78Sloan i14.68Sloan z13.71J13.30H13.24K13.14W113.23W212.77W39.39W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.234 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.583 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.10 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.80 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.217 · y = -0.684 · z = 0.697

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.59320° · Dec 44.17943°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.095° · 15.373°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.768° · 65.689°

HTM-20 index

1131463528

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