Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2019

Kepler-82 f

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-82, located approximately 2,949.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 4.84 Earth radii
  • A mass of 20.90 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.89 g
  • An orbital period of 75.732 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.3395 AU
  • Distance from Earth 2,949.51 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.486
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 52,014,668 years

4 siblings around Kepler-82

Kepler-82 f shares its host star with 4 other confirmed planets. Side-by-side measurements below.

Planet Type Radius (R⊕) Mass (M⊕) Period (d) Eq. T (K) Year
Kepler-82 d Super-Earth 1.77 885.10 2.383 1,253 2014
Kepler-82 e Sub-Neptune 2.47 254.02 5.902 926 2014
Kepler-82 b Neptune-like 4.07 12.15 26.440 562 2012
Kepler-82 c Neptune-like 5.34 13.90 51.540 450 2012
Kepler-82 f this Neptune-like 4.84 20.90 75.732 2019

Kepler-82 f Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
4.84 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.432 R♃
Mass
20.90 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.066 M♃
Density
1.01 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.89 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.486
HZ Position Unknown
Controversial No

Discovery

Year 2019
Method Transit Timing Variations
Facility KOINet
Telescope Multiple Telescopes

Size rank in cohort

Rank by radius

#408of 574

top 70.9%

This planet

4.84R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-82 f Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.004.8411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0020.90317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.011.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.892.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.000.037

Alternative Mass Estimates

Method Value Interpretation
Best measured mass 20.900 M⊕ Direct mass measurement (not derived).

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 63372898

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2125850623586710400

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2125850623586710400

System

Kepler-82

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 4.840 R⊕ · percentile 29 / cohort 574
Mass 20.900 M⊕ · percentile 32 / cohort 574
Orbital period 75.73 d · percentile 77 / cohort 524
Distance 904.33 pc · percentile 70 / cohort 572
ESI 0.486 · percentile 88 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
75.732 days
Semi-major axis
0.3395 AU
Eccentricity
0.001
Inclination
86.30 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 75.73 Earth days (20.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.3395 AU.

Eq. Temperature

 

Insolation (S⊕)

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.486

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Freudenthal et al. 2019

Instrument

Multiple Instruments

Publication

2019-08

Observation locale

Multiple Locales

Host System: Kepler-82

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,401 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.41 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.898 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.910 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.21

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.490 dex

Stellar density

1.770 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[M/H]

Distance
904.33 parsec
Light-years 2,949.51 ly
V-band magnitude
15.13 mag
Voyager-speed travel 52,014,668 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.215.915.94B15.13V15.14Gaia15.16Kepler14.61TESS15.72Sloan g15.10Sloan r14.92Sloan i14.80Sloan z13.88J13.53H13.52K13.42W113.48W212.91W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.078 mas

Total Proper Motion

6.606 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.19 mas/yr

PM Declination

6.60 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.284 · y = -0.674 · z = 0.682

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 292.87337° · Dec 42.96616°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.617° · 11.393°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.299° · 63.318°

HTM-20 index

-34433629

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