Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-953 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-953, located approximately 844.4 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 1.19 Earth radii
  • A mass of 1.81 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.28 g
  • An orbital period of 9.110 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0862 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 873 K (600 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 844.40 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.361
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 14,890,906 years

1 sibling around Kepler-953

Kepler-953 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-953 c this Rocky Terrestrial 1.19 1.81 9.110 873 2016
Kepler-953 b Neptune-like 4.21 16.50 88.407 410 2016

Kepler-953 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
1.19 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.106 R♃
Mass
1.81 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.006 M♃
Density
5.90 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.28 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.361
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

#101of 570

top 17.5%

This planet

1.19R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-953 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.001.1911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.001.81317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.901.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.282.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00121.040.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158933249

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2127132821641254272

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2127132821641254272

System

Kepler-953

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 1.190 R⊕ · percentile 80 / cohort 570
Mass 1.810 M⊕ · percentile 74 / cohort 570
Orbital period 9.11 d · percentile 76 / cohort 567
Distance 258.89 pc · percentile 36 / cohort 566
ESI 0.361 · percentile 53 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
9.110 days
Semi-major axis
0.0862 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
85.02 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 9.11 Earth days (2.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0862 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.013 %

Duration

5.302 h

Impact parameter b

0.344

Rp / R★

0.010650

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,966.0672

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 126 ppm lasting ≈ 5.30 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.010650

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

12.490

Impact parameter (b)

0.344

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,966.0672

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.33300

Eq. Temperature

873K

(600 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

121.04

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.361

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-953

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,416 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

8.71 Gyr — older than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.990 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.950 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.26

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.420 dex

Stellar density

0.264 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
258.89 parsec
Light-years 844.40 ly
V-band magnitude
11.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 14,890,906 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.312.712.72B11.87V12.14Gaia12.16Kepler11.65TESS12.73Sloan g12.04Sloan r11.92Sloan i11.84Sloan z10.77J10.40H10.30K10.19W110.25W210.22W39.32W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

0.890 mas

Total Proper Motion

23.660 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

-9.42 mas/yr

PM Declination

21.70 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.231 · y = -0.673 · z = 0.702

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.97163° · Dec 44.62465°

Galactic ℓ, b

75.924° · 14.647°

Ecliptic λ, β

304.382° · 65.814°

HTM-20 index

1204974875

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