Confirmed Exoplanet Discovered 2016

Kepler-969 c

A rocky terrestrial orbiting the g-type yellow (sun-like) Kepler-969, located approximately 1,273.2 light-years from Earth.

Key parameters at a glance

  • A radius of 0.99 Earth radii
  • A mass of 0.94 Earth masses
  • Surface gravity around 0.96 g
  • An orbital period of 1.683 days
  • Semi-major axis 0.0265 AU
  • Equilibrium temperature 1,270 K (997 °C)
  • Distance from Earth 1,273.16 light-years
  • Earth Similarity Index 0.248
  • Travel time at Voyager 1 speed 22,452,228 years

1 sibling around Kepler-969

Kepler-969 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-969 c this Rocky Terrestrial 0.99 0.94 1.683 1,270 2016
Kepler-969 b Sub-Neptune 2.07 4.94 34.173 465 2016

Kepler-969 c Planet Profile

Physical Specs

Radius
0.99 R⊕
Radius (Jupiter)
0.088 R♃
Mass
0.94 M⊕
Mass (Jupiter)
0.003 M♃
Density
5.31 g/cm³
Surface Gravity
0.96 g (Earth)

Classification

Planet Type

Rocky Terrestrial

ESI Score 0.248
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

#346of 570

top 60.5%

This planet

0.99R⊕

Rocky Terrestrial median

1.01R⊕

Nearest-size peers

Metric Earth Kepler-969 c Jupiter
Radius (R⊕)1.000.9911.21
Mass (M⊕)1.000.94317.83
Density (g/cm³)5.515.311.33
Surface Gravity (g)1.000.962.53
Insolation (S⊕)1.00564.580.037

Star Catalogue Identifiers

TIC

TIC 158785055

Gaia DR2

Gaia DR2 2130979570450326912

Gaia DR3

Gaia DR3 2130979570450326912

System

Kepler-969

Percentile among Rocky Terrestrial cohort

Radius 0.990 R⊕ · percentile 38 / cohort 570
Mass 0.937 M⊕ · percentile 34 / cohort 570
Orbital period 1.68 d · percentile 19 / cohort 567
Distance 390.35 pc · percentile 51 / cohort 566
ESI 0.248 · percentile 25 / cohort 570

Orbit & Habitability

Orbital Dynamics

Period
1.683 days
Semi-major axis
0.0265 AU
Eccentricity
0.000
Inclination
82.42 °

Year Length

A year here lasts approximately 1.68 Earth days (0.5% of a terrestrial year) on a nearly circular orbit at a mean orbital distance of 0.0265 AU.

Transit Fingerprint

Depth

0.015 %

Duration

1.874 h

Impact parameter b

0.464

Rp / R★

0.011193

Transit midpoint (BJD)

2,454,964.9680

Photometric dip

Transit produces a flux drop of 146 ppm lasting ≈ 1.87 h.

Extended Orbital Architecture

Planet / star radius ratio

0.011193

Semi-major axis / stellar radius

5.160

Impact parameter (b)

0.464

Transit mid-time (BJD)

2,454,964.9680

Angular separation (arcsec)

0.06790

Eq. Temperature

1,270K

(997 °C)

Insolation (S⊕)

564.58

Earth = 1.00

Earth Similarity (ESI)

0.248

0 = alien, 1 = Earth-identical

Inside the inner HZ boundary (too hot for liquid water) — the dayside is scorched.

Discovery Paper

Primary reference

Morton et al. 2016

Instrument

Kepler CCD Array

Publication

2016-05

Observation locale

Space

Host System: Kepler-969

Spectral Class

G-type yellow (Sun-like)

Effective Temperature

5,214 K — cooler than the Sun (5,778 K)

Estimated Age

1.51 Gyr — younger than the Sun (4.6 Gyr)

Stellar Radius

0.820 R☉

Stellar Mass

0.920 M☉

Metallicity [Fe/H]

0.22

Extended Stellar Properties

Surface gravity (log g)

4.570 dex

Stellar density

1.750 g/cm³

Metallicity ratio

[Fe/H]

Distance
390.35 parsec
Light-years 1,273.16 ly
V-band magnitude
13.87 mag
Voyager-speed travel 22,452,228 yr

Multi-band Host Photometry — 16 bands

9.314.814.84B13.87V13.72Gaia13.73Kepler13.17TESS14.36Sloan g13.67Sloan r13.46Sloan i13.40Sloan z12.41J11.98H11.90K11.85W111.90W211.76W39.27W4

Astrometric Data

Parallax

2.533 mas

Total Proper Motion

2.396 mas/yr

PM Right Ascension

1.90 mas/yr

PM Declination

1.46 mas/yr

Galactic Cartesian (pc)

x = 0.211 · y = -0.636 · z = 0.742

Equatorial (J2000)

RA 288.37250° · Dec 47.93356°

Galactic ℓ, b

78.910° · 16.333°

Ecliptic λ, β

306.240° · 69.072°

HTM-20 index

-801433531

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