Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-810 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-810, located approximately 4,757.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.93 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.38 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.18 g
  • An orbital period of 4.597 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0550 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,105 K (832 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 4,757.28 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.246
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 83,894,607 years

Kepler-810 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.93 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.172 R♃
Mass
4.38 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.014 M♃
Density
3.35 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.18 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.246
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

#85of 1176

top 7.1%

This planet

1.93R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-810 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.9311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.38317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.351.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.182.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00350.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351188824

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086631456141614848

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086631456141614848

System

Kepler-810

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.930 R⊕ · percentile 92 / cohort 1176
Mass 4.380 M⊕ · percentile 84 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 4.60 d · percentile 37 / cohort 1164
Distance 1,458.59 pc · percentile 94 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.246 · percentile 22 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
4.597 days
Semi-major axis
0.0550 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.85 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 4.60 Earth days (1.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0550 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.031 %

Duration

2.823 h

Impact parameter b

0.303

Rp / R★

0.016655

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.4807

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 313 ppm lasting ≈ 2.82 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.016655

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.270

Impact parameter (b)

0.303

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.4807

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.03770

Eq. Temperature

1,105K

(832 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

350.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.246

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-810

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,803 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.17 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.040 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.10

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

1.655 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,458.59 parsec
Light-years 4,757.28 ly
V-band magnitude
15.73 mag
Voyager-speed travel 83,894,607 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.916.416.37B15.73V15.76Gaia15.80Kepler15.26TESS16.31Sloan g15.75Sloan r15.58Sloan i15.51Sloan z14.53J14.24H14.21K14.12W114.18W212.95W38.89W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.658 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.859 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.65 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.43 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.299 · y = -0.597 · z = 0.744

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 296.61486° · Dec 48.08256°

Galactic ℓ, b

81.480° · 11.416°

Ecliptic λ, β

319.899° · 66.968°

HTM-20 index

2010621258

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