Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-782 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-782, located approximately 1,457.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.21 Earth radii
  • A mass of 10.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.01 g
  • An orbital period of 158.685 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5449 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 350 K (77 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,457.41 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.603
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 25,701,398 years

Kepler-782 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.21 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.286 R♃
Mass
10.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.033 M♃
Density
1.73 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.01 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.603
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

#339of 1978

top 17.1%

This planet

3.21R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-782 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.2111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0010.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.731.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.012.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.990.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158839841

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130920471701096576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130920471701096576

System

Kepler-782

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.210 R⊕ · percentile 83 / cohort 1978
Mass 10.400 M⊕ · percentile 76 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 158.69 d · percentile 97 / cohort 1946
Distance 446.84 pc · percentile 44 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.603 · percentile 83 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
158.685 days
Semi-major axis
0.5449 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.98 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 158.69 Earth days (43.4% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5449 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.090 %

Duration

11.677 h

Impact parameter b

0.876

Rp / R★

0.028802

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,006.9492

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 898 ppm lasting ≈ 11.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028802

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

52.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.876

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,006.9492

Angular separation (arcsec)

1.22000

Eq. Temperature

350K

(77 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.603

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-782

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,867 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.25 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.010 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.980 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.14

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

0.640 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-67.61 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
446.84 parsec
Light-years 1,457.41 ly
V-band magnitude
12.84 mag
Voyager-speed travel 25,701,398 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.513.513.49B12.84V12.73Gaia12.78Kepler12.30TESS13.16Sloan g12.72Sloan r12.62Sloan i12.52Sloan z11.67J11.36H11.33K11.25W111.29W211.35W39.51W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.209 mas

Total Proper Motion

11.884 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.95 mas/yr

PM Declination

11.51 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.217 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.740

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.86825° · Dec 47.75947°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.877° · 15.959°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.935° · 68.792°

HTM-20 index

-521253879

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