Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-925 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-925, located approximately 1,993.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.34 Earth radii
  • A mass of 6.08 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.11 g
  • An orbital period of 33.868 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1805 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 394 K (121 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,993.19 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.623
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,149,873 years
  • Almost certainly tidally locked to its host star given the close orbit

Kepler-925 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.34 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.209 R♃
Mass
6.08 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.019 M♃
Density
2.61 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.11 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.623
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

#1429of 1978

top 72.2%

This planet

2.34R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-925 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.3411.21
Mass (M⊕)1.006.08317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.611.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.112.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.005.830.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 122294985

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2101170951231556864

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2101170951231556864

System

Kepler-925

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.340 R⊕ · percentile 27 / cohort 1978
Mass 6.080 M⊕ · percentile 26 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 33.87 d · percentile 76 / cohort 1946
Distance 611.12 pc · percentile 54 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.623 · percentile 85 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
33.868 days
Semi-major axis
0.1805 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 33.87 Earth days (9.3% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1805 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.089 %

Duration

3.682 h

Impact parameter b

0.680

Rp / R★

0.030005

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,970.5136

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 895 ppm lasting ≈ 3.68 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.030005

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

46.200

Impact parameter (b)

0.680

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,970.5136

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.29500

Eq. Temperature

394K

(121 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

5.83

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.623

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-925

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

4,673 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

2.57 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.720 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.770 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.12

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.620 dex

Stellar density

1.631 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
611.12 parsec
Light-years 1,993.19 ly
V-band magnitude
16.03 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,149,873 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.417.517.46B16.03V15.82Gaia15.81Kepler15.08TESS16.83Sloan g15.76Sloan r15.37Sloan i15.17Sloan z13.98J13.41H13.34K13.29W113.38W212.30W39.41W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.609 mas

Total Proper Motion

4.048 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-0.17 mas/yr

PM Declination

-4.04 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.261 · y = -0.714 · z = 0.649

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.10656° · Dec 40.49062°

Galactic ℓ, b

72.420° · 12.163°

Ecliptic λ, β

303.366° · 61.621°

HTM-20 index

-1046072041

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