Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-934 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the k-type orange Kepler-934, located approximately 1,985.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.09 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.02 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.15 g
  • An orbital period of 55.674 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.2658 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 384 K (111 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,985.44 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.662
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 35,013,153 years

Kepler-934 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.09 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.186 R♃
Mass
5.02 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
3.02 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.15 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.662
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

#1832of 1978

top 92.6%

This planet

2.09R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-934 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.0911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.02317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.513.021.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.152.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.004.720.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 159379942

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2126835717285958912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2126835717285958912

System

Kepler-934

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.090 R⊕ · percentile 7 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.020 M⊕ · percentile 8 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 55.67 d · percentile 87 / cohort 1946
Distance 608.74 pc · percentile 53 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.662 · percentile 89 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
55.674 days
Semi-major axis
0.2658 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.86 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 55.67 Earth days (15.2% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.2658 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.077 %

Duration

3.805 h

Impact parameter b

0.274

Rp / R★

0.024816

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,969.5435

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 765 ppm lasting ≈ 3.81 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.024816

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

114.480

Impact parameter (b)

0.274

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,969.5435

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.43700

Eq. Temperature

384K

(111 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

4.72

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.662

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-934

Spectral Class

K-type orange

Effective Temperature

5,001 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

4.47 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.770 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.810 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.01

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.590 dex

Stellar density

9.156 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
608.74 parsec
Light-years 1,985.44 ly
V-band magnitude
15.24 mag
Voyager-speed travel 35,013,153 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.416.416.43B15.24V15.03Gaia15.06Kepler14.41TESS15.85Sloan g14.99Sloan r14.73Sloan i14.58Sloan z13.55J13.06H12.97K12.92W112.98W212.62W39.40W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

1.614 mas

Total Proper Motion

15.800 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-3.24 mas/yr

PM Declination

-15.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.250 · y = -0.677 · z = 0.692

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 290.28845° · Dec 43.75526°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.509° · 13.429°

Ecliptic λ, β

305.857° · 64.689°

HTM-20 index

922103589

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