Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-804 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-804, located approximately 2,118.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.94 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.42 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.17 g
  • An orbital period of 14.375 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1129 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 779 K (506 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,118.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.357
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,366,314 years

1 sibling around Kepler-804

Kepler-804 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-804 c Rocky Terrestrial 1.14 1.55 9.652 890 2016
Kepler-804 b this Super-Earth 1.94 4.42 14.375 779 2016

Kepler-804 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.94 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.173 R♃
Mass
4.42 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.33 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.17 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.357
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

#79of 1176

top 6.6%

This planet

1.94R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-804 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.42317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.331.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.172.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0083.430.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275573295

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126432677554353280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126432677554353280

System

Kepler-804

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.940 R⊕ · percentile 93 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.420 M⊕ · percentile 86 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 14.37 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1164
Distance 649.65 pc · percentile 58 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.357 · percentile 52 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
14.375 days
Semi-major axis
0.1129 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.91 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 14.37 Earth days (3.9% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1129 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.034 %

Duration

4.782 h

Impact parameter b

0.035

Rp / R★

0.016889

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,971.2022

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 336 ppm lasting ≈ 4.78 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016889

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

23.352

Impact parameter (b)

0.035

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,971.2022

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.17400

Eq. Temperature

779K

(506 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

83.43

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.357

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-804

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,817 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

5.25 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.050 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.010 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.400 dex

Stellar density

0.810 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
649.65 parsec
Light-years 2,118.87 ly
V-band magnitude
13.86 mag
Voyager-speed travel 37,366,314 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.914.714.70B13.86V13.74Gaia13.75Kepler13.28TESS14.20Sloan g13.70Sloan r13.56Sloan i13.49Sloan z12.63J12.30H12.25K12.19W112.24W211.98W38.85W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.511 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.930 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.56 mas/yr

PM Declination

2.22 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.282 · y = -0.652 · z = 0.704

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 293.37221° · Dec 44.78518°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.442° · 11.886°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.559° · 64.888°

HTM-20 index

-1857977837

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