Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-920 c

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-920, located approximately 3,267.0 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 3.80 Earth radii
  • A mass of 13.80 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 100.827 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.4029 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 364 K (91 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 3,267.04 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.545
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 57,614,237 years

1 sibling around Kepler-920

Kepler-920 c 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-920 b Sub-Neptune 2.42 6.44 6.532 907 2016
Kepler-920 c this Sub-Neptune 3.80 13.80 100.827 364 2016

Kepler-920 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
3.80 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.339 R♃
Mass
13.80 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.044 M♃
Density
1.38 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.545
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

#59of 1978

top 2.9%

This planet

3.80R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-920 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.003.8011.21
Mass (M⊕)1.0013.80317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.511.381.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.003.990.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 267570317

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2131815577243101696

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2131815577243101696

System

Kepler-920

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 3.800 R⊕ · percentile 97 / cohort 1978
Mass 13.800 M⊕ · percentile 90 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 100.83 d · percentile 94 / cohort 1946
Distance 1,001.68 pc · percentile 78 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.545 · percentile 76 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
100.827 days
Semi-major axis
0.4029 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.47 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 100.83 Earth days (27.6% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.4029 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.178 %

Duration

8.281 h

Impact parameter b

0.529

Rp / R★

0.041110

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,455,049.3899

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 1,779 ppm lasting ≈ 8.28 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.041110

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

83.400

Impact parameter (b)

0.529

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,455,049.3899

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.40200

Eq. Temperature

364K

(91 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

3.99

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.545

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — liquid water is physically possible with adequate atmospheric pressure.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-920

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,403 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.37 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.850 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.890 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.00

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.540 dex

Stellar density

1.080 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
1,001.68 parsec
Light-years 3,267.04 ly
V-band magnitude
15.49 mag
Voyager-speed travel 57,614,237 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.115.915.51B15.49V15.27Gaia15.28Kepler14.74TESS15.85Sloan g15.21Sloan r15.04Sloan i14.95Sloan z14.03J13.65H13.51K13.49W113.53W212.54W39.09W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.970 mas

Total Proper Motion

19.935 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-6.44 mas/yr

PM Declination

-18.87 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.161 · y = -0.634 · z = 0.757

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 284.29694° · Dec 49.15860°

Galactic ℓ, b

79.092° · 19.291°

Ecliptic λ, β

299.928° · 71.115°

HTM-20 index

-430307561

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