Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-784 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-784, located approximately 4,252.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.58 Earth radii
  • A mass of 3.12 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.25 g
  • An orbital period of 31.592 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2211 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 688 K (415 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,252.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.433
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 74,986,855 years

1 sibling around Kepler-784

Kepler-784 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-784 c Super-Earth 1.55 3.02 17.157 844 2023
Kepler-784 b this Super-Earth 1.58 3.12 31.592 688 2016

Kepler-784 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.58 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.141 R♃
Mass
3.12 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.010 M♃
Density
4.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.25 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.433
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

#603of 1176

top 51.2%

This planet

1.58R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-784 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.003.12317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.252.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00194.390.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 272078218

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2080605823183999616

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2080605823183999616

System

Kepler-784

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.580 R⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1176
Mass 3.120 M⊕ · percentile 44 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 31.59 d · percentile 92 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,303.72 pc · percentile 91 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.433 · percentile 65 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
31.592 days
Semi-major axis
0.2211 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.06 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 31.59 Earth days (8.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2211 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

13.840 h

Impact parameter b

0.283

Rp / R★

0.011467

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.9664

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 145 ppm lasting ≈ 13.84 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011467

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

19.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.283

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.9664

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17000

Eq. Temperature

688K

(415 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

194.39

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.433

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-784

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,674 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

9.12 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.320 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.000 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.190 dex

Stellar density

0.060 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-0.56 km/s

Rotational v·sin i

4.80 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,303.72 parsec
Light-years 4,252.16 ly
V-band magnitude
13.39 mag
Voyager-speed travel 74,986,855 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.314.34B13.39V13.26Gaia13.29Kepler12.77TESS13.79Sloan g13.24Sloan r13.08Sloan i13.00Sloan z12.06J11.70H11.62K11.61W111.65W211.60W39.34W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.738 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.817 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.61 mas/yr

PM Declination

-1.06 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.296 · y = -0.608 · z = 0.737

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.92067° · Dec 47.44862°

Galactic ℓ, b

80.685° · 11.531°

Ecliptic λ, β

318.121° · 66.609°

HTM-20 index

-2078971621

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