Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-833 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-833, located approximately 1,524.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.02 Earth radii
  • A mass of 4.74 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.16 g
  • An orbital period of 18.755 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1139 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 382 K (109 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,524.36 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.673
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,882,004 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-833 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.02 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.180 R♃
Mass
4.74 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.015 M♃
Density
3.16 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.16 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.673
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

#1927of 1978

top 97.4%

This planet

2.02R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-833 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.004.74317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.161.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.162.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.008.310.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159397031

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127461236320786688

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127461236320786688

System

Kepler-833

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.020 R⊕ · percentile 2 / cohort 1978
Mass 4.740 M⊕ · percentile 4 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 18.75 d · percentile 60 / cohort 1946
Distance 467.37 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.673 · percentile 90 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
18.755 days
Semi-major axis
0.1139 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.96 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 18.75 Earth days (5.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1139 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.100 %

Duration

3.068 h

Impact parameter b

0.034

Rp / R★

0.029667

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,974.7156

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 995 ppm lasting ≈ 3.07 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.029667

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

48.550

Impact parameter (b)

0.034

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,974.7156

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.24400

Eq. Temperature

382K

(109 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

8.31

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.673

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water. Close-orbiting tidally-locked around a cool host.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-833

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,339 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.72 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.620 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.640 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

-0.18

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.670 dex

Stellar density

5.886 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
467.37 parsec
Light-years 1,524.36 ly
V-band magnitude
15.76 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,882,004 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.418.017.98B15.76V15.47Gaia15.47Kepler14.71TESS16.60Sloan g15.43Sloan r14.99Sloan i14.78Sloan z13.63J13.01H12.89K12.82W112.88W212.45W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.111 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.820 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-8.96 mas/yr

PM Declination

-22.07 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.245 · y = -0.655 · z = 0.714

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.47991° · Dec 45.60058°

Galactic ℓ, b

77.293° · 14.076°

Ecliptic λ, β

307.660° · 66.382°

HTM-20 index

1433135844

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