Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-769 c

A super-earth orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-769, located approximately 3,814.6 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.79 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.86 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.20 g
  • An orbital period of 15.987 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1297 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 803 K (530 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,814.62 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.356
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 67,270,868 years

1 sibling around Kepler-769

Kepler-769 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-769 b Sub-Neptune 2.92 8.85 7.426 1,037 2016
Kepler-769 c this Super-Earth 1.79 3.86 15.987 803 2016

Kepler-769 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.79 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.160 R♃
Mass
3.86 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.012 M♃
Density
3.70 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.20 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.356
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

#271of 1176

top 23.0%

This planet

1.79R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-769 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.7911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.86317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.701.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.202.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0086.760.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 137815803

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2051933343073295232

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2051933343073295232

System

Kepler-769

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.790 R⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.860 M⊕ · percentile 70 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 15.99 d · percentile 79 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,169.57 pc · percentile 88 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.356 · percentile 52 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
15.987 days
Semi-major axis
0.1297 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 15.99 Earth days (4.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1297 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.018 %

Duration

4.279 h

Impact parameter b

0.630

Rp / R★

0.013451

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.5914

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 179 ppm lasting ≈ 4.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013451

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

18.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.630

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.5914

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.11100

Eq. Temperature

803K

(530 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

86.76

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.356

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-769

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,186 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.88 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.280 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.190 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.300 dex

Stellar density

1.362 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,169.57 parsec
Light-years 3,814.62 ly
V-band magnitude
14.98 mag
Voyager-speed travel 67,270,868 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.315.34B14.98V14.76Gaia14.82Kepler14.31TESS15.24Sloan g14.76Sloan r14.64Sloan i14.55Sloan z13.68J13.39H13.39K13.28W113.30W212.93W39.14W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.827 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.121 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.98 mas/yr

PM Declination

-6.84 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.303 · y = -0.723 · z = 0.621

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.71309° · Dec 38.35817°

Galactic ℓ, b

71.385° · 9.413°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.992° · 58.992°

HTM-20 index

1333583529

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