Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-825 b

A super-earth orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-825, located approximately 2,634.9 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.53 Earth radii
  • A mass of 2.96 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.26 g
  • An orbital period of 3.774 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0453 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,270 K (997 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 2,634.85 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.228
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 46,465,599 years

1 sibling around Kepler-825

Kepler-825 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-825 b this Super-Earth 1.53 2.96 3.774 1,270 2016
Kepler-825 c Super-Earth 1.84 4.04 8.182 981 2016

Kepler-825 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.53 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.137 R♃
Mass
2.96 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.009 M♃
Density
4.54 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.26 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Super-Earth

ESI Score 0.228
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

#687of 1176

top 58.3%

This planet

1.53R⊕

Super-Earth median

1.60R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-825 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.5311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.002.96317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.514.541.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.262.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00734.460.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 378086008

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076249351963553152

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076249351963553152

System

Kepler-825

Percentile among Super-Earth cohort

Radius 1.530 R⊕ · percentile 40 / cohort 1176
Mass 2.960 M⊕ · percentile 37 / cohort 1176
Orbital period 3.77 d · percentile 29 / cohort 1164
Distance 807.85 pc · percentile 68 / cohort 1171
ESI 0.228 · percentile 18 / cohort 1176

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
3.774 days
Semi-major axis
0.0453 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
90.00 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 3.77 Earth days (1.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0453 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.018 %

Duration

2.685 h

Impact parameter b

0.250

Rp / R★

0.012727

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,967.0694

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 176 ppm lasting ≈ 2.69 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.012727

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

10.870

Impact parameter (b)

0.250

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,967.0694

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.05610

Eq. Temperature

1,270K

(997 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

734.46

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.228

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-825

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,976 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.55 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.080 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.030 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.08

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.390 dex

Stellar density

1.633 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
807.85 parsec
Light-years 2,634.85 ly
V-band magnitude
14.30 mag
Voyager-speed travel 46,465,599 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

8.714.714.71B14.30V14.15Gaia14.21Kepler13.72TESS14.61Sloan g14.18Sloan r14.03Sloan i13.96Sloan z13.07J12.73H12.67K12.70W112.74W212.35W38.70W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.209 mas

Total Proper Motion

24.741 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-12.12 mas/yr

PM Declination

-21.57 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.324 · y = -0.702 · z = 0.635

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.76983° · Dec 39.39841°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.072° · 8.481°

Ecliptic λ, β

309.602° · 59.478°

HTM-20 index

-1954192945

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