Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-880 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-880, located approximately 1,961.3 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.66 Earth radii
  • A mass of 7.56 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.07 g
  • An orbital period of 7.715 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0915 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,622 K (1349 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,961.25 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.141
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 34,586,718 years

1 sibling around Kepler-880

Kepler-880 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-880 b this Sub-Neptune 2.66 7.56 7.715 1,622 2016
Kepler-880 c Sub-Neptune 2.87 8.60 11.806 1,407 2023

Kepler-880 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.66 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.237 R♃
Mass
7.56 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.024 M♃
Density
2.21 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.07 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.141
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

#928of 1978

top 46.9%

This planet

2.66R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-880 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.6611.21
Mass (M⊕)1.007.56317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.211.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.072.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00586.170.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 351803495

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2105274977158196480

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2105274977158196480

System

Kepler-880

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.660 R⊕ · percentile 52 / cohort 1978
Mass 7.560 M⊕ · percentile 48 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 7.71 d · percentile 25 / cohort 1946
Distance 601.32 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.141 · percentile 2 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
7.715 days
Semi-major axis
0.0915 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
81.59 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 7.71 Earth days (2.1% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0915 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.021 %

Duration

4.296 h

Impact parameter b

0.609

Rp / R★

0.013570

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.5548

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 215 ppm lasting ≈ 4.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.013570

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

13.917

Impact parameter (b)

0.609

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.5548

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.15200

Eq. Temperature

1,622K

(1349 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

586.17

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.141

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-880

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,761 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.66 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.740 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.460 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.120 dex

Stellar density

0.565 g/cm³

Systemic radial velocity

-29.44 km/s

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
601.32 parsec
Light-years 1,961.25 ly
V-band magnitude
11.85 mag
Voyager-speed travel 34,586,718 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.312.412.36B11.85V11.96Gaia12.08Kepler11.67TESS12.27Sloan g12.02Sloan r12.01Sloan i12.05Sloan z11.25J11.07H11.04K11.02W111.03W210.99W39.33W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.634 mas

Total Proper Motion

9.104 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

2.94 mas/yr

PM Declination

8.62 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.150 · y = -0.708 · z = 0.691

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 281.97123° · Dec 43.67278°

Galactic ℓ, b

73.053° · 18.957°

Ecliptic λ, β

291.828° · 66.207°

HTM-20 index

-601720783

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