Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2017

Kepler-80 g

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-80, located approximately 1,205.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.13 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.07 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.05 g
  • An orbital period of 14.646 days
  • Equilibrium temperature 418 K (145 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,204.99 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.347
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 21,249,938 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

5 siblings around Kepler-80

Kepler-80 g shares its host star with 5 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-80 f Rocky Terrestrial 1.21 4,459.73 0.987 1,054 2016
Kepler-80 d Super-Earth 1.53 6.75 3.072 722 2014
Kepler-80 e Super-Earth 1.60 4.13 4.645 629 2014
Kepler-80 b Sub-Neptune 2.67 6.93 7.052 547 2012
Kepler-80 c Sub-Neptune 2.74 6.74 9.524 495 2012
Kepler-80 g this Rocky Terrestrial 1.13 0.07 14.646 418 2017

Kepler-80 g Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.13 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.101 R♃
Mass
0.07 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.000 M♃
Density
0.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.05 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.347
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2017
Method Transit
Facility Kepler
Telescope 0.95 m Kepler Telescope

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#180of 570

top 31.4%

This planet

1.13R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-80 g Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.07317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.052.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 0.065 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 184296619

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076328963475704576

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076328963475704576

System

Kepler-80

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.130 R⊕ · percentile 66 / cohort 570
Mass 0.065 M⊕ · percentile 1 / cohort 570
Orbital period 14.65 d · percentile 87 / cohort 567
Distance 369.45 pc · percentile 49 / cohort 566
ESI 0.347 · percentile 50 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.646 days
Semi-major axis
AU
Eccentricity
0.130
Inclination
89.35 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.65 Earth days (4.0% of a terrestrial year) on a mildly elliptical path.

Transit Fingerprint

Duration

2.120 h

Impact parameter b

0.520

Rp / R★

0.015300

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,658.6073

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.015300

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

45.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.520

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,658.6073

Long. of periastron (ω)

153.00°

Eq. Temperature

418K

(145 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.347

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Insufficient insolation data — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Shallue & Vanderburg 2018

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2018-02

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-80

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,540 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.00 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.678 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.830 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.639 dex

Stellar density

2.260 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
369.45 parsec
Light-years 1,204.99 ly
V-band magnitude
15.23 mag
Voyager-speed travel 21,249,938 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.316.30B15.23V14.76Gaia14.80Kepler14.02TESS15.86Sloan g14.72Sloan r14.35Sloan i14.12Sloan z12.95J12.35H12.25K12.21W112.25W212.01W39.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.678 mas

Total Proper Motion

7.316 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-1.38 mas/yr

PM Declination

-7.18 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.337 · y = -0.688 · z = 0.643

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.11258° · Dec 39.97875°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.087° · 7.853°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.909° · 59.676°

HTM-20 index

-1092040752

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