Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-799 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-799, located approximately 4,922.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 6.88 Earth radii
  • A mass of 37.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.80 g
  • An orbital period of 133.461 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.5167 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 433 K (160 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,921.97 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.361
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 86,798,901 years

1 sibling around Kepler-799

Kepler-799 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-799 c Sub-Neptune 2.78 8.15 15.194 893 2021
Kepler-799 b this Neptune-like 6.88 37.90 133.461 433 2016

Kepler-799 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
6.88 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.614 R♃
Mass
37.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.119 M♃
Density
0.64 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.80 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.361
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

#215of 574

top 37.3%

This planet

6.88R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-799 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.006.8811.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0037.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.641.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.802.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.006.360.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158419284

System

Kepler-799

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 6.880 R⊕ · percentile 62 / cohort 574
Mass 37.900 M⊕ · percentile 60 / cohort 574
Orbital period 133.46 d · percentile 85 / cohort 524
Distance 1,509.08 pc · percentile 85 / cohort 572
ESI 0.361 · percentile 65 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
133.461 days
Semi-major axis
0.5167 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.84 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 133.46 Earth days (36.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.5167 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.503 %

Duration

11.611 h

Impact parameter b

0.629

Rp / R★

0.068245

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,049.0457

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 5,033 ppm lasting ≈ 11.61 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.068245

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

73.800

Impact parameter (b)

0.629

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,049.0457

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.34200

Eq. Temperature

433K

(160 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

6.36

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.361

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-799

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,681 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.98 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.930 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

0.820 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,509.08 parsec
Light-years 4,921.97 ly
V-band magnitude
15.17 mag
Voyager-speed travel 86,798,901 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 15 bands

9.516.116.11B15.17V15.12Kepler14.66TESS15.59Sloan g15.05Sloan r14.92Sloan i14.89Sloan z13.97J13.60H13.52K13.48W113.55W212.31W39.47W4

Astrometric Data

Total Proper Motion

12.469 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-5.47 mas/yr

PM Declination

-11.21 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.209 · y = -0.677 · z = 0.706

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 287.17490° · Dec 44.87848°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.644° · 15.920°

Ecliptic λ, β

301.570° · 66.445°

HTM-20 index

-1897511647

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