Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-827 b

A neptune-like orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-827, located approximately 6,675.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 5.63 Earth radii
  • A mass of 27.00 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.85 g
  • An orbital period of 51.929 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2742 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 574 K (301 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 6,675.37 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.309
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 117,720,137 years

Kepler-827 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
5.63 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.502 R♃
Mass
27.00 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.085 M♃
Density
0.83 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.85 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Neptune-like

ESI Score 0.309
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

#308of 574

top 53.5%

This planet

5.63R⊕

Neptune-like median

6.39R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-827 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.005.6311.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0027.00317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.510.831.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.852.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0023.600.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 271346509

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2077954724552784640

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2077954724552784640

System

Kepler-827

Percentile among Neptune-like cohort

Radius 5.630 R⊕ · percentile 46 / cohort 574
Mass 27.000 M⊕ · percentile 45 / cohort 574
Orbital period 51.93 d · percentile 72 / cohort 524
Distance 2,046.68 pc · percentile 89 / cohort 572
ESI 0.309 · percentile 52 / cohort 574

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
51.929 days
Semi-major axis
0.2742 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.69 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 51.93 Earth days (14.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2742 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.343 %

Duration

5.308 h

Impact parameter b

0.166

Rp / R★

0.056522

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,984.9318

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 3,426 ppm lasting ≈ 5.31 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.056522

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

77.980

Impact parameter (b)

0.166

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,984.9318

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.13400

Eq. Temperature

574K

(301 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

23.60

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.309

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-827

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,602 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.910 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.06

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.500 dex

Stellar density

3.327 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
2,046.68 parsec
Light-years 6,675.37 ly
V-band magnitude
15.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 117,720,137 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.216.416.22B15.87V15.86Gaia15.90Kepler15.35TESS16.43Sloan g15.84Sloan r15.67Sloan i15.56Sloan z14.67J14.27H14.21K14.09W114.15W213.02W39.22W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.461 mas

Total Proper Motion

3.358 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.25 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.83 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.310 · y = -0.666 · z = 0.678

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 294.96600° · Dec 42.70856°

Galactic ℓ, b

76.100° · 9.911°

Ecliptic λ, β

312.252° · 62.533°

HTM-20 index

-1056316800

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