Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-804 c

A rocky terrestrial 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 1.14 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.55 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.19 g
  • An orbital period of 9.652 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0865 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 890 K (617 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,118.87 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.358
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 37,366,314 years

1 sibling around Kepler-804

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

Kepler-804 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.14 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.102 R♃
Mass
1.55 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.005 M♃
Density
5.75 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.19 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.358
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

#169of 570

top 29.5%

This planet

1.14R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-804 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.55317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.751.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.192.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00141.840.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 275573295

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126432677554353280

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126432677554353280

System

Kepler-804

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.140 R⊕ · percentile 69 / cohort 570
Mass 1.550 M⊕ · percentile 63 / cohort 570
Orbital period 9.65 d · percentile 77 / cohort 567
Distance 649.65 pc · percentile 76 / cohort 566
ESI 0.358 · percentile 52 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.652 days
Semi-major axis
0.0865 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.65 Earth days (2.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0865 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.010 %

Duration

4.457 h

Impact parameter b

0.122

Rp / R★

0.010429

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,965.1595

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 103 ppm lasting ≈ 4.46 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010429

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.122

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,965.1595

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13300

Eq. Temperature

890K

(617 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

141.84

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.358

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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