Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-783 b

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-783, located approximately 1,683.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.78 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.40 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.66 g
  • An orbital period of 4.293 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0496 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 991 K (718 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,683.26 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.305
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 29,684,262 years

1 sibling around Kepler-783

Kepler-783 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-783 b this Rocky Terrestrial 0.78 0.40 4.293 991 2016
Kepler-783 c Sub-Neptune 2.33 6.04 7.054 840 2020

Kepler-783 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.78 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.070 R♃
Mass
0.40 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.001 M♃
Density
4.62 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.66 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.305
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

#493of 570

top 86.3%

This planet

0.78R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-783 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.7811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.40317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.621.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.662.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00229.100.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159642390

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2129164173675031936

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2129164173675031936

System

Kepler-783

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.780 R⊕ · percentile 13 / cohort 570
Mass 0.399 M⊕ · percentile 11 / cohort 570
Orbital period 4.29 d · percentile 48 / cohort 567
Distance 516.09 pc · percentile 66 / cohort 566
ESI 0.305 · percentile 40 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.293 days
Semi-major axis
0.0496 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
87.62 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.29 Earth days (1.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0496 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.006 %

Duration

2.622 h

Impact parameter b

0.640

Rp / R★

0.007639

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.7974

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 63 ppm lasting ≈ 2.62 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.007639

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

9.700

Impact parameter (b)

0.640

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.7974

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.09610

Eq. Temperature

991K

(718 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

229.10

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.305

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-783

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,521 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.89 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.890 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.510 dex

Stellar density

1.460 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
516.09 parsec
Light-years 1,683.26 ly
V-band magnitude
14.15 mag
Voyager-speed travel 29,684,262 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.814.714.70B14.15V13.94Gaia13.92Kepler13.43TESS14.42Sloan g13.87Sloan r13.70Sloan i13.62Sloan z12.71J12.34H12.29K12.21W112.26W212.73W38.78W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.909 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.150 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-11.63 mas/yr

PM Declination

-3.50 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.243 · y = -0.631 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 291.06286° · Dec 47.48479°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.234° · 14.494°

Ecliptic λ, β

310.394° · 67.991°

HTM-20 index

-29396692

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