Artist impression of Kepler-809 b exoplanet
Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-809 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-809, located approximately 3,135.7 light-years from Earth.

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Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.01 Earth radii
  • A mass of 9.32 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.03 g
  • An orbital period of 55.639 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2901 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 478 K (205 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,135.68 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.480
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 55,297,715 years

Context from the literature

The list of exoplanets detected by the Kepler space telescope contains bodies with a wide variety of properties, with significant ranges in orbital distances, masses, radii, composition, habitability, and host star type. As of June 16 2023, the Kepler space telescope and its follow-up observations have detected 2,778 planets, including hot Jupiters, super-Earths, circumbinary planets, and planets located in the circumstellar habitable zones of their host stars. Kepler has detected over 3,601 unconfirmed planet candidates and 2,165 eclipsing binary stars.

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Kepler-809 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.01 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.269 R♃
Mass
9.32 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.029 M♃
Density
1.88 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.03 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.480
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

#509of 1978

top 25.7%

This planet

3.01R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-809 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.0111.21
Mass (M⊕)1.009.32317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.881.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.032.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0013.160.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 299156496

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130951464184187392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130951464184187392

System

Kepler-809

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.010 R⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 1978
Mass 9.320 M⊕ · percentile 68 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 55.64 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 961.41 pc · percentile 75 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.480 · percentile 68 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
55.639 days
Semi-major axis
0.2901 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
88.74 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 55.64 Earth days (15.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2901 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.085 %

Duration

7.119 h

Impact parameter b

0.532

Rp / R★

0.028188

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,020.5506

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 853 ppm lasting ≈ 7.12 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.028188

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

52.500

Impact parameter (b)

0.532

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,020.5506

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.30200

Eq. Temperature

478K

(205 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

13.16

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.480

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Detection Signatures

Transit photometry

A transit dip has been observed from at least one telescope.

Transit timing variations

Gravitational interactions from neighbours have been detected.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-809

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,734 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.980 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.990 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.04

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.450 dex

Stellar density

0.886 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
961.41 parsec
Light-years 3,135.68 ly
V-band magnitude
14.88 mag
Voyager-speed travel 55,297,715 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.615.715.71B14.88V14.68Gaia14.76Kepler14.22TESS15.22Sloan g14.68Sloan r14.55Sloan i14.49Sloan z13.56J13.24H13.20K13.13W113.19W213.01W39.60W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.011 mas

Total Proper Motion

12.131 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.64 mas/yr

PM Declination

-12.11 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.219 · y = -0.632 · z = 0.743

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 289.08363° · Dec 48.01807°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.183° · 15.927°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.567° · 68.981°

HTM-20 index

-527991990

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