Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-964 b

A sub-neptune orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-964, located approximately 1,482.8 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 2.12 Earth radii
  • A mass of 5.14 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 1.14 g
  • An orbital period of 13.523 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.1073 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 652 K (379 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,482.79 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.413
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 26,149,000 years

Kepler-964 b Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
2.12 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.189 R♃
Mass
5.14 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.016 M♃
Density
2.96 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
1.14 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Sub-Neptune

ESI Score 0.413
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

#1782of 1978

top 90.0%

This planet

2.12R⊕

Sub-Neptune median

2.71R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-964 b Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.002.1211.21
Mass (M⊕)1.005.14317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.512.961.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.001.142.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.0043.920.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 139155506

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2076589960045421184

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2076589960045421184

System

Kepler-964

Percentile among Sub-Neptune cohort

Radius 2.120 R⊕ · percentile 9 / cohort 1978
Mass 5.140 M⊕ · percentile 10 / cohort 1978
Orbital period 13.52 d · percentile 46 / cohort 1946
Distance 454.63 pc · percentile 45 / cohort 1975
ESI 0.413 · percentile 55 / cohort 1978

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
13.523 days
Semi-major axis
0.1073 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
89.52 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 13.52 Earth days (3.7% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.1073 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.067 %

Duration

3.893 h

Impact parameter b

0.800

Rp / R★

0.023397

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,975.1813

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 670 ppm lasting ≈ 3.89 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.023397

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

27.000

Impact parameter (b)

0.800

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,975.1813

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.23600

Eq. Temperature

652K

(379 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

43.92

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.413

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-964

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,427 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.91 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.840 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.930 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.03

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.550 dex

Stellar density

1.660 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
454.63 parsec
Light-years 1,482.79 ly
V-band magnitude
14.06 mag
Voyager-speed travel 26,149,000 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.214.914.93B14.06V13.90Gaia13.90Kepler13.37TESS14.51Sloan g13.84Sloan r13.63Sloan i13.54Sloan z12.58J12.24H12.14K12.08W112.15W212.18W39.18W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.171 mas

Total Proper Motion

0.900 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

0.08 mas/yr

PM Declination

-0.90 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.325 · y = -0.687 · z = 0.650

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 295.30007° · Dec 40.55658°

Galactic ℓ, b

74.297° · 8.674°

Ecliptic λ, β

311.144° · 60.432°

HTM-20 index

-1503674176

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