Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-919 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the f-type yellow-white Kepler-919, located approximately 3,652.5 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.25 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.69 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.12 g
  • An orbital period of 11.046 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0981 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 869 K (596 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,652.52 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.302
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 64,412,243 years

Kepler-919 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.25 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.201 R♃
Mass
5.69 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.018 M♃
Density
2.74 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.12 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.302
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

#1589of 1978

top 80.3%

This planet

2.25R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-919 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.2511.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.69317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.741.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.122.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00153.920.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 28361491

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2086552256947163392

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2086552256947163392

System

Kepler-919

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.250 R⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.690 M⊕ · percentile 19 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 11.05 d · percentile 38 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,119.87 pc · percentile 84 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.302 · percentile 28 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
11.046 days
Semi-major axis
0.0981 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.79 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 11.05 Earth days (3.0% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0981 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.031 %

Duration

4.799 h

Impact parameter b

0.064

Rp / R★

0.017263

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.4408

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 308 ppm lasting ≈ 4.80 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.017263

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

17.870

Impact parameter (b)

0.064

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.4408

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.08760

Eq. Temperature

869K

(596 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

153.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.302

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the surface is too hot to retain surface water.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-919

Spectral Class

F-type yellow-white

Effective Temperature

6,113 K — hotter than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

3.02 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

1.210 R☉

Stellar Mass

1.150 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.07

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.330 dex

Stellar density

0.881 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,119.87 parsec
Light-years 3,652.52 ly
V-band magnitude
14.81 mag
Voyager-speed travel 64,412,243 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.315.215.12B14.81V14.68Gaia14.68Kepler14.21TESS15.16Sloan g14.64Sloan r14.48Sloan i14.41Sloan z13.58J13.26H13.31K13.17W113.21W212.40W39.30W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.865 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.606 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.41 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.59 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.312 · y = -0.584 · z = 0.749

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 298.11479° · Dec 48.49438°

Galactic ℓ, b

82.335° · 10.737°

Ecliptic λ, β

322.641° · 66.867°

HTM-20 index

2039081220

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